Hydra
['haɪdrə]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp.
(noun.) trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; 'we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution'.
(noun.) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer.
(noun.) (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones; 'Hydra was slain by Hercules'.
校對:苏西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound was cauterized. It was slain by Hercules. Hence, a terrible monster.
(n.) Hence: A multifarious evil, or an evil having many sources; not to be overcome by a single effort.
(n.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker.
(n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo.
厄玛編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. (Myth.) Many-headed monster.[2]. Spectre, hobgoblin, ogre, Gorgon, bugbear, POKER, BUGABOO, frightful object, raw head and bloody bones.
錄入:斯科特
解釋/意思:
n. (myth.) a water-serpent with many heads which when cut off were succeeded by others: any manifold evil: a genus of fresh-water polyps remarkable for their power of multiplication by being cut or divided.—adjs. Hy′dra-head′ed difficulty to root out springing up vigorously again and again; Hy′droid like the hydra.
編輯:尼特
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.
埃利奥特錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- The diseases of a State are like the heads of a hydra; they multiply when they are cut off. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- In the Hydra, the animal may be turned inside out, and the exterior surface will then digest and the stomach respire. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Like the hydra, it grows new heads, everywhere. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
手打:威特