| 单词 | tantalus-cup |
| 释义 | > as lemmastantalus-cup tantalus-cup n. see quot. 1842; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [noun] multiplying-glass1639 Cartesian devil1731 kaleidoscope1817 myriorama1823 thaumatrope1827 bottle imp1833 phantasmascope1833 phenakistoscope1834 stroboscope1836 anorthoscope1842 tantalus-cup1842 phantascope1851 phantoscope1861 Pharaoh's serpent1863 phosphoroscope1866 zoetrope1866 wheel of life1872 praxinoscope1878 zoopraxiscope1881 phantoscope1894 Newton's cradle1971 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1207/2 Tantalus's cup, a philosophical toy which amusingly exhibits the principle of the siphon... The legs of the siphon are concealed by the hollow figure of a man whose chin is on a level with the bend of the siphon; so that the figure stands like Tantalus in the fable,—up to the chin in water, but unable to quench his thirst. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. vii. 86 No misadventure came to mock them, dashing the Tantalus cup of joy to earth before their eyes. < as lemmas |
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