| 单词 | between Scylla and Charybdis |
| 释义 | Scylla /silˈə/ (Gr myth)nounA six-headed monster who sat over a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, opposite Charybdis (qv), and seized or drowned sailors from passing ships ORIGIN: Gr Skylla between Scylla and Charybdis (usu figurative) Forced to steer a perilous or hopeless course between two deadly dangers, avoidance of one meaning almost certain destruction by the other |
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