| 释义 |
ˈsphinx-like, a.
[f. prec.]
Resembling (that of) the Sphinx; esp. enigmatical, mysterious, inscrutable, insoluble.
1837[Miss Maitland] Lett. Madras (1843) 136 She was an immense creature, but young, and rather a good sphinx-like face. 1839Bailey Festus 137 The sphinx-like heart..Loathes life the moment that life's riddle is read. 1885‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iv, ‘I know nothing. I have seen very little. I suspect every thing.’ ‘What a sphinx-like reply.’ |