单词 | Minotaur |
释义 | Minotaur /min"euh tawr'/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it. 2. any person or thing that devours or destroys. [ < L Minotaurus < Gk Minótauros, equiv. to Míno(s) MINOS + taúros bull] |
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