Olympian
[əu'limpiən]
解释:
(noun.) a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans.
(noun.) an athlete who participates in the Olympic games.
(adj.) of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; 'Olympian deities' .
(adj.) of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; 'Olympian plain' .
录入:米歇尔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Alt. of Olympic
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娱乐性解释：
adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly once inhabited by gods now a repository of yellowing newspapers beer bottles and mutilated sardine cans attesting the presence of the tourist and his appetite.
录入:洛伦佐
例句:
- And both the Olympian and Englishman incarnate in a Greek, said the Demarch graciously. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- It is not the business of the politician to preserve an Olympian indifference to what stupid people call popular whim. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- A still more important link of Hellenic union was the Olympian games that were held every four years at Olympia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I thought the gentleman of that name was an Olympian! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- For you, said Justinian, as he arose a crowned victor, and kissed the hand of Helena, we can have no fairer prize than the Olympian wreath of old. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- And as he walked further and further from the charmed atmosphere of his Olympian girl his face grew sad with a new sort of sadness. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The first day we have the vintage festival, the second our plays, and on the third there are Olympian games. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- We try to believe that, however finite we may be, our intellect is something apart from the cycle of our life, capable by an Olympian detachment from human interests of a divine thoroughness. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian: We are but mortals, and must sing of man. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The curse of Ate is on thee, they cry pitifully, nor will the goddess be satisfied until she has exacted her due penalty for neglect of the Olympians. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
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