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sphinx

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n.[希神]斯芬克司(有翼的狮身女怪),(古埃及)狮身人面像,[昆]天蛾
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sphinx


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1 (esp 尤作 the Sphinx) stone statue in Egypt with a lion's body and a man's or an animal's head 斯芬克斯(埃及的狮身人面或狮身兽面石像).
2 person who keeps his thoughts and feelings secret; enigmatic person 内心世界不外露的人; 谜一样的人
*I've always found her rather sphinx-like. 我总觉得她像个谜一样, 难以捉摸.

sphinx


Sphinx
the Sphinx
a)alsothe Great Sphinx
a large, very ancient sphinx which is close to the Pyramids of El Giza in Egypt and is visited by many tourists
b) in Greek mythology, a creature with the head of a woman and the body of a lion. She lay outside Thebes and killed people who could not answer her riddle (=very difficult question) . Oedipus answered the riddle, and the Sphinx killed herself.
1. You can see the small pyramids and the Sphinx, the great stone statues and lions with human heads.
    你可以看到那些小一点的金字塔和狮身人面像,那是一座巨大的人头狮身的石雕像。

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