Achilles
[ə'kili:z]
解释:
(noun.) a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'.
整理:泰丝--From WordNet
例句:
- The arch and the Achilles statue were up since he had last been in Piccadilly; a hundred changes had occurred which his eye and mind vaguely noted. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Were not Achilles and Ajax both in love with their servant maids? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- As to nerves, Mr Merdle is of a cool temperament, and not a sensitive man: is about as invulnerable, I should say, as Achilles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Achilles, perhaps, observed the Rector, fascinated by the clear-cut features of the young man,—the godlike Achilles. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Achilles, and Helen of Troy. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Achilles did not declare himself until they gave him the sword. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Example: The selfishness of Achilles, as remarked by the poet Homer, occasioned a thousand woes to the Greeks--muri Achaiois alge etheke--(Hom. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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