Silenus
[sai'li:nәs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey.
(noun.) any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs).
校對:奥利弗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) See Wanderoo.
編輯:珀尔
解釋/意思:
n. the foster-father of Bacchus a little pot-bellied old man bald-headed and snub-nosed generally astride of an ass drunk and attended by a troop of satyrs.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I might have been Silenus's widow, said Rebecca. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- What an old Silenus it was! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He is ironical, provoking, questioning, the old enemy of the Sophists, ready to put on the mask of Silenus as well as to argue seriously. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Silenus, by his drunken gestures, and difficulty in keeping his seat, evoked roars of laughter, and was quite the hero of the hour. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
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