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

单词

Tantalus-cup

释义

Tantalus /tanˈtə-ləs/

noun

A son of Zeus punished in Tartarus (for revealing secrets of the gods) by having to stand in water that ebbed when he attempted to drink, overhung by grapes that drew back when he reached for them
(without cap) a case in which alcohol decanters are visible but locked up
(without cap) any bird of the wood-ibis genus Tantalus

Tantāˈlean, Tantāˈlian or Tantalic /-talˈik/ adjective

Of Tantalus

Tanˈtalus-cup noun

A philosophical toy, with a siphon within the figure of a man whose chin is on a level with its bend

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