| 释义 |
silen|ˈsaɪlən|
Also 6, 7 sylen(e.
[ad. L. Sīlēn-us, ad. Gr. σειληνός: see Silenus.]
1. Gr. Mythol. (Usu. with capital initial.) One of the Sileni or wood-gods; a species of satyr.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. vii. xv. (1886) 155 In our childhood our mother's maids have so terrified us with..satyrs, pans, faunes, sylens,..that we are afraid of our own shadowes. 1601Holland Pliny xxxv. x. II. 544 Lascivious wantonnesse, which he pourtraied by three drunken Sylenes making merrie and banketting togither. 1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 184/2 His [i.e. Socrates] appearance was not unlike that of the Silens and Satyrs. 1854Keightley Mythol. (ed. 3) 206 Hermés and the Silens ‘mingle in love’ with the nymphs in pleasing caverns.
2. Zool. A species of macaque.
1848tr. Hoffmeister's Trav. Ceylon, etc. 147 They were Silens, (Inuus Silenus) a species of short-tailed monkey. |