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sphinx

英[sfɪŋks] 美[sfɪŋks]
  • n. 狮身人面像;谜一样的人
sphinxes

详细释义

Noun:
  1. an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

  2. (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

  3. 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

双语例句

1. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.
我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I. Comparisons to a Living Creature ( i . e . , the Sphinx riddle )
1.比作某种生物 ( 如斯芬克司谜 )

来自英汉非文学 - 民俗

4. It suited him to play the sphinx.
让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。

来自辞典例句

5. She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.
她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
      雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近。
    2. She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.
      她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像。
    3. The Great Sphinx faces east and houses a small temple between its paws.
      大狮身人面像面朝东方,爪子之间建有一座小的寺庙。
    4. I've always found her rather sphinx-like.
      我总觉得她像个谜一样,难以捉摸。
    5. It's as vexing as the riddle of the Sphinx.
      这个问题和司芬克思谜一样令人费解。
    6. As the puzzle, like the Sphinx, it is difficult to answer!
      这谜题却如同斯芬克斯的问题,想找答案难上加难!

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