单词 | Phalaris |
释义 | Phalaris (once / 27234 pages) n WORD FAMILY Phalaris USAGE EXAMPLESPeople might know the stories of Ulysses and Moses, but not those of Phalaris and Nehemiah. Washington Post(Apr 20, 2016) We are amazed to think of the inhumanity of Phalaris, who roasted men alive in his brazen bull. Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, History of European Morals From Aug...(2012) Presently Charmides, together with his brother, Phalaris, both breathless from their run across the valley of the Hypsas, arrived on the cliff. Potter, Margaret Horton, Istar of Babylon—A Phantasy(2012) n a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers Syn|Hyper genus Phalaris liliopsid genus, monocot genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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