Scylla

['silə]

解释:

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait.

校对:雷明顿--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.

录入:罗兰

解释:

n. a six-headed monster who sat over a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina over against the whirlpool of Charyb′dis on the Sicilian side.—n. ScylléŽ (sil-ē′a) a genus of nudibranchiate gasteropods.—n.pl. Scyllar′id?/span> (-dē) a family of long-tailed ten-footed marine crustaceans.

编辑:耶鲁