Hercules
['hə:kjuli:z]
解释:
(noun.) a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis.
(noun.) (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
编辑:帕梅拉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
(n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
校对:凯特
例句:
- Hercules, the only other son of Alexander, was murdered also. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- To read the description of him in that passport and then look at me, any man could see that I was no more like him than I am like Hercules. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,--a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- It seems, therefore, not incredible that the region abou t the Pillars of Hercules [Gibraltar] is connected with that of India, and that there is thus only one ocean. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Hercules holding the distaff was but a faint type of Peter bearing the roses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- A man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- This was a tall young man, surprisingly handsome, with a dark, fierce face, and the limbs and chest of a Hercules. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The choice of Hercules is a pretty fable; but Prodicus makes it easy work for the hero, as if the first resolves were enough. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The two vertical strokes are thought to represent the Pillars of Hercules, which were stamped upon the coin itself. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The ancients considered the Pillars of Hercules the head of navigation and the end of the world. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He is compared to the demi-god Hercules, from whom indeed he claimed descent, and also to the Indian Bacchus. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Morse made a careful drawing of the Farnese Hercules and took it to West. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Morse now decided to paint a large picture of The Dying Hercules for exhibition at the Royal Academy. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- When Hanno reached what he thought was the most westerly point of Africa, he set up a temple to Hercules. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And it was a town, though a queer one, when Hercules, clad in his lion skin, landed here, four thousand years ago. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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