| 单词 | sphinx |
| 释义 | sphinx (once / 12960 pages) n WORD FAMILY sphinx: sphinges, sphinxes USAGE EXAMPLESThere was a sphinx, a pagoda, and a battleship; a barn, a silo, and the Sydney Opera House. The New Yorker(Oct 17, 2016) The Virginia creeper sphinx moth looks like a delta-winged aircraft, camouflaged for action. Washington Post(Aug 22, 2016) Crouched in the grass, they were turning their heads from side to side, like sphinxes nodding “no.” The New Yorker(May 23, 2016) 1n one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians Hyper statue a sculpture representing a human or animal 2n an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being Sphinx (once / 9586 pages) n WORD FAMILY Sphinx: Sphinges, Sphinxes USAGE EXAMPLES“Charles, we could go to Egypt and walk around the Sphinx.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) The noblest sustained attempt to remedy such deficiencies has been the Sphinx Organization. New York Times(Jul 06, 2016) Armed with a piece of writing about Egypt’s Sphinx in short, terse sentences, Mum and I sit to read. Washington Post(Jul 01, 2016) n (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon Hyper mythical creature, mythical monster a monster renowned in folklore and myth |
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