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单词 cyclops
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Cy•clops  (sīklops),USA pronunciation n., pl. Cy•clo•pes 
    (sī klōpēz).USA pronunciation 
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead.
  2. (l.c.) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head.
  • Greek Kýklōps, literally, round-eye, equivalent. to kýkl(os) a circle, round + ó̄ps eye

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Cyclops /ˈsaɪklɒps/ n ( pl Cyclopes /saɪˈkləʊpiːz/, Cyclopses)
  1. one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin Cyclōps, from Greek Kuklōps, literally: round eye, from kuklos circle + ōps eye
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