| 单词 | silenus figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSilenus figure Designating a figure or box which is outwardly crude or unattractive, having either the form of a Silenus or being decorated with images of Sileni, but is beautifully carved on the inside or contains beautiful or valuable objects, as in Silenus box, Silenus figure. See sense 1a. ΚΠ 1925 W. R. M. Lamb tr. Plato Symposium in tr. Plato Lysis, Symposium, Gorgias 219 I say he is likest to the Silenus-figures that sit in the statuaries' shops. 2013 Renaissance Q. 66 1092 The Silenus box, and cabinets of curiosities. < as lemmas |
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