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Sphinx

[sfɪŋks]
  • n. 斯芬克斯(带翼的狮身女怪,传说常叫过路行人猜谜,猜不出者即遭噬食);狮身人面像;谜一样的人

英英释意


1. an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
2. one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

双语例句


1. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I. Comparisons to a Living Creature ( i . e . , the Sphinx riddle )
1.比作某种生物 ( 如斯芬克司谜 )

来自英汉非文学 - 民俗

4. It suited him to play the sphinx.
让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。

来自辞典例句

5. She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.
她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像.

来自辞典例句