英语词汇“Serbonian”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Serbonian

/səːˈbəʊnɪən/

(also Sirbonian)

adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling Lake Serbonis, a shallow lagoon in north-eastern Egypt, variously described in antiquity as being surfaced with sand, surrounded by marshland, or boggy and partly dry. Frequently used allusively to refer something (especially a situation or predicament) from which it is difficult to extricate oneself, now especially in Serbonian bog.

Lake Serbonis is now usually identified as Lake Bardawil in North Sinai, which is separated from the Mediterranean by a thin strip of land..

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From classical Latin Sirbonis (Pliny; in post-classical Latin also Serbonis, Syrbonis) and its etymon ancient Greek Σερβωνίς (in Hellenistic Greek also Σιρβωνίς) + -an.

单词	Serbonian
释义	Serbonian /səːˈbəʊnɪən/ (also Sirbonian) adjective Of, relating to, or resembling Lake Serbonis, a shallow lagoon in north-eastern Egypt, variously described in antiquity as being surfaced with sand, surrounded by marshland, or boggy and partly dry. Frequently used allusively to refer something (especially a situation or predicament) from which it is difficult to extricate oneself, now especially in Serbonian bog. Lake Serbonis is now usually identified as Lake Bardawil in North Sinai, which is separated from the Mediterranean by a thin strip of land.. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Joshua Sylvester (d. 1618), poet and translator. From classical Latin Sirbonis (Pliny; in post-classical Latin also Serbonis, Syrbonis) and its etymon ancient Greek Σερβωνίς (in Hellenistic Greek also Σιρβωνίς) + -an.
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