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sphinx的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:
英英釋義
Noun:
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an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
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(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
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one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
sphinx的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
- The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
雄偉的金字塔和獅身人面像就在附近。 - She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.
她看上去就象一尊非常安詳精緻、但又高深莫測的獅身人面像。 - The Great Sphinx faces east and houses a small temple between its paws.
大獅身人面像面朝東方,爪子之間建有一座小的寺廟。 - I've always found her rather sphinx-like.
我總覺得她像個謎一樣,難以捉摸。 - It's as vexing as the riddle of the Sphinx.
這個問題和司芬克思謎一樣令人費解。 - As the puzzle, like the Sphinx, it is difficult to answer!
這謎題卻如同斯芬克斯的問題,想找答案難上加難!
經典引文
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History fairly questioned is no Sphinx.
出自: R. A. Vaughan -
Mr Dodson has..been a political sphinx.
出自:Bath Herald