请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 Medusa
释义

Medusa /me-dūˈzə or -sə/

noun
  1. One of the three Gorgons, whose head, with snakes for hair, turned beholders into stone, but was cut off by Perseus, and placed in Athena's aegis (Gr myth)
  2. (without cap; pl medūˈsae /-zē/ or medūˈsas) a jellyfish
  3. (without cap) an individual of the free-swimming sexual generation of jellyfishes and Hydrozoa
ORIGIN: L Medūsa, from Gr Medousa, the Gorgon Medusa (literally, ruler)

medūˈsan adjective

Of or relating to a medusa or medusae

noun

A medusa

medūˈsiform adjective

Like a jellyfish

medūˈsoid adjective

Like a medusa

noun

A sexual hydrozoan that remains attached to the parent hydroid colony

随便看

 

英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 19:20:57