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genii

/jee-nee-ahy/US // ˈdʒi niˌaɪ //UK // (ˈdʒiːnɪˌaɪ) //

玄机,玄学,天才

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a plural of genius.

Examples

  • Genii protect individuals and places: springs, hills, cities, and army barracks all had a genius loci, a genius of the place.

  • But the Romans simply transferred many of the functions of genii to angels.

  • But now, as if some fabled genii had come to his aid, fortune had suddenly poured her favours into his lap.

  • Among the branches flit birds, and winged genii like little cupids.

  • As the bird must fly north in springtime, so must I drink the hemp smoke, when the genii bid, or die.

  • The warm wind bore to them the sniff of the sand-dunes, spiced groves, and genii's islands far to southward.

  • It seemed here as if the genius of fire had striven to outdo the grotesque extravagances of the genii of the waters.