英语词汇“sphinx”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sphinx

(sfĭngks)

1. pl. sphinx·es or sphin·ges (sfĭnjēz′)

a. Mythology A figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk.

b. often SphinxGreek Mythology A winged creature having the head of a woman and the body of a lion, noted for killing those who could not answer its riddle.

2. pl. sphinxes A puzzling or mysterious person.

3. pl. sphinxes also sphinx Variant of sphynx.

[Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Greek.]

sphinx

detail of an early 5th-century bc black-figure lekythos showing Oedipus and the Sphinx

单词	sphinx
释义	sphinx (sfĭngks) n. 1. pl. sphinx·es or sphin·ges (sfĭnjēz′) a. Mythology A figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk. b. often SphinxGreek Mythology A winged creature having the head of a woman and the body of a lion, noted for killing those who could not answer its riddle. 2. pl. sphinxes A puzzling or mysterious person. 3. pl. sphinxes also sphinx Variant of sphynx. [Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Greek.] sphinx detail of an early 5th-century bc black-figure lekythos showing Oedipus and the Sphinx
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