Cyclops
['saɪklɑps]
解释:
(noun.) minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms.
(noun.) (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
戈登编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n. sing. & pl.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna.
(n. sing. & pl.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.
(n. sing. & pl.) A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.
巴贝奇录入
解释:
n. one of a fabled race of giants who lived chiefly in Sicily with one eye in the middle of the forehead: a genus of minute freshwater copepods with an eye in front:—pl. Cyclō′pes.—adjs. Cyclopē′an Cyclop′ic relating to or like the Cyclops: giant-like: vast: pertaining to a prehistoric style of masonry with immense stones of irregular form.
巴纳德编辑
例句:
- That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops, exclaimed Jo, with a burst of laughter. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Why, you are as jealous of the mistress as Cyclops is of the maid! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Why, Zoe wouldn't look at him; and if that good-looking young bo'swain comes on the scene, I'm afraid old Cyclops' chance will be but a poor one. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- No, said Caliphronas, walking forward in his stately fashion; I have no love for the swarthy god of the Cyclops. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
编辑:韦德