sphinx
美音:
[sfıŋks
]英音:
[sfıŋks
]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为短语/超纲词汇
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名词复数:sphinxes
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sphinx
/sfɪŋks; sfɪŋks/
n
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 Sphinxa)alsothe Great Sphinxa 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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