| 单词 | sphinx | 
| 释义 | sphinx  (sfɪŋks  ) also Sphinx Word forms:  sphinxes   countable noun The Sphinx is a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a lion's body that stands near the pyramids in Egypt. In mythology, sphinxes gave people puzzles to solve, and so a person who is mysterious or puzzling is sometimes referred to as a sphinx.   It suited him to play the sphinx.   | 
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