Scylla
['silə]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait.
校對:雷明顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
錄入:罗兰
解釋/意思:
n. a six-headed monster who sat over a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina over against the whirlpool of Charyb′dis on the Sicilian side.—n. ScylléŽ (sil-ē′a) a genus of nudibranchiate gasteropods.—n.pl. Scyllar′id?/span> (-dē) a family of long-tailed ten-footed marine crustaceans.
編輯:耶鲁
例句/造句/用法:
- A great party of us were on deck smoking and making a noise, and waiting to see famous Scylla and Charybdis. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Nobody supposed he cared anything about an old fable like that of Scylla and Charybdis. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Scylla and Cha--confound it, I thought it was Sodom and Gomorrah! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Why it's Scylla and Charybdis. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
校對:沃尔多