Promethean
[prə'mi:θjən]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Prometheus. See Prometheus.
(a.) Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.
(n.) An apparatus for automatic ignition.
(n.) A kind of lucifer match.
整理:理查德
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to Prometheus who stole fire from heaven for which Zeus chained him to a rock to be tortured by a vulture.—n. a glass tube containing sulphuric acid and an inflammable mixture: a kind of lucifer-match.—n. Promē′theus a large silk-spinning moth.
錄入:皮埃尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Now, don't you suppose, my inexperienced girl, that I cannot rebel, in high Promethean fashion, against the gods and fate as well as you. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Prometheus, however, did reappear about 1820-25, when a match bearing the name Promethean was invented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
錄入:皮埃尔