单词 | hercules knot |
释义 | > as lemmasHercules knot Hercules knot n. a kind of knot, attributed to Hercules, very difficult to undo. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > difficult to undo Hercules knot1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 305 As for greene wounds, it is wonderfull how soon they will be healed, in case they be bound vp and tied with a Hercules knot. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 265 The true lovers knot..had perhaps its originall from Nodus Herculanus, or that which was called Hercules his knot . View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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