sphinx的意思
sphinx中文翻譯:
n.(古埃及)獅身人面像;難于理解的人;天蛾
Sphinx───n.斯芬克斯(帶翼的獅身女怪,傳說常叫過路行人猜謎,猜不出者即遭噬食);獅身人面像;謎一樣的人
sphinxes───n.(古埃及)獅身人面像;難于理解的人;天蛾
-phins───慣性自動導航儀(positionandhominginertialnavigation);進行性肥大性間質性神經炎(progressivehypertrophicinterstitialneuritis);n.(Phin)人名;(泰)屏;(英)菲恩;(柬)平
sphen-───n.榍石
sphene───n.[礦物]榍石(等于titanite)
syrinx───n.[鳥]鳴管;耳管;潘神銷(形似笙的古樂器)
sphering───n.范圍;球體;vt.包圍;放入球內;使…成球形;adj.球體的
sphinges───n.天蛾;神秘的人(sphinx的復數)
sphingid───天蛾
I heard the Sphinx, but I did not understand.───我聽到了斯芬·克斯的話,但是我不懂得。
We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.───我們出發去看金字塔和獅身人面像。
All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death.───所有來到斯芬克斯面前的人都被問了一個謎語,解答不了就意味著死亡。
His necropolis also included the Sphinx, a mysterious limestone monument with the body of a lion and a pharaoh's head.───他的金字塔前臥著謎一樣的斯芬克斯像,這座石灰石像長著法老的頭顱和雄獅的身軀。
Moreover, one pair of ancient Egypt ignorant of the people, any of his on the Sphinx can be ignored by the demonstration.───而且,對于一個對古埃及學一無所知的人而言,他的任何關于獅身人面像的論證都是可以置之不理的。
At a meeting with him at his office this past fall, he unrolled one of his countless maps of the Sphinx on a table.───我去年秋天在他辦公室拜見雷納時,他在桌子上攤開了無數獅身人面像地圖中的一幅。
He remembers "climbing all over the Sphinx like the Lilliputians on Gulliver, and mapping it stone by stone. "───他記得,“他像格列佛筆下的小人國臣民一樣,爬遍獅身人面像,一塊石頭一塊石頭地繪制地圖。”
"The Sphinx has thus emerged into the landscape out of shadows of what seemed to be an impenetrable oblivion, " the New York Times declared.───“斯芬克斯從此從看似不可摧毀的遺忘陰影中解脫,成為了一處景觀。”當時的《紐約時報》如此宣稱。
In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was a terrible monster with the body of a winged lion and the head of a woman.───在古希臘神話里,斯芬克斯是一個獅身人面女怪,長著翅膀。