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

Sciapodes

/sʌɪˈapədiːz/

(also Skiapodes) Classical Mythol.

noun

Treated as plural. A mythical race of people supposed to have lived at the southern edge of the ancient Greek and Roman world, who each had a single leg ending in a foot of immense size with which they shaded themselves from the heat of the sun.

The Sciapodes are variously placed in Africa and India by classical and later authors..

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hacket (fl. 1560–1590). From (i) Middle French sciapodes.

单词	Sciapodes
释义	Sciapodes /sʌɪˈapədiːz/ (also Skiapodes) Classical Mythol. noun Treated as plural. A mythical race of people supposed to have lived at the southern edge of the ancient Greek and Roman world, who each had a single leg ending in a foot of immense size with which they shaded themselves from the heat of the sun. The Sciapodes are variously placed in Africa and India by classical and later authors.. Origin Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hacket (fl. 1560–1590). From (i) Middle French sciapodes.
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