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单词 Pyramus
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Definition of Pyramus in English:

Pyramus

proper nounˈpɪrəməsˈpirəməs
Roman Mythology
  • A Babylonian youth, lover of Thisbe.

Forbidden to marry by their parents, who were neighbours, the lovers conversed through a chink in a wall and agreed to meet at a tomb outside the city. There, Thisbe was frightened away by a lioness coming from its kill, and Pyramus, seeing her bloodstained cloak and supposing her dead, stabbed himself. Thisbe, finding his body when she returned, threw herself upon his sword

 
 

Definition of Pyramus in US English:

Pyramus

proper nounˈpirəməs
Roman Mythology
  • A Babylonian youth, lover of Thisbe.

Forbidden to marry by their parents, who were neighbors, the lovers conversed through a chink in a wall and agreed to meet at a tomb outside the city. There, Thisbe was frightened away by a lioness coming from its kill, and Pyramus, seeing her bloodstained cloak and supposing her dead, stabbed himself. Thisbe, finding his body when she returned, threw herself upon his sword

 
 
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