Adonis

[ə'dəunis]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; 'when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite'.

(noun.) any handsome young man.

(noun.) annual or perennial herbs.

克劳德特錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

(n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

(n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.

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解釋/意思:

n. a beautiful youth beloved by Aphrodite (Venus): a beau or dandy.—v.t. and v.i. Ad′onise to make beautiful.

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