Janus
['dʒeinəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head.
伯尼編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
手打:波莱特
例句/造句/用法:
- They reckoned time by months, and in the earlier period kept a ru de tally of the years by driving nails into a statue of Janus, the ancient sun-god. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- We cannot hope to live so long in our names as some have done in their persons; one face of Janus holds no proportion to the other. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
編輯:桑德拉