Sphinx

[sfɪŋks]

[sfɪŋks]

解释:

(noun.) one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon.

(noun.) an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret.

手打:梅尔瓦--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.

(n.) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.

(n.) Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.

(n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.

(n.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).

阿玛莉亚整理

解释:

n. a monster of Greek mythology with the head of a woman and the body of a lioness that proposed riddles to travellers and strangled those who could not solve them: an enigmatic or inscrutable person: a hawk-moth: the Guinea baboon.

手打:利奥波德

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整理:辛克莱

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