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hanuman

/huhn-oo-mahn, hah-noo-; huhn-oo-mahn, hah-noo-/US // ˈhʌn ʊˌmɑn, ˈhɑ nʊ-; ˌhʌn ʊˈmɑn, ˌhɑ nʊ- //UK // (ˌhʌnʊˈmɑːn) //

哈努曼,哈奴曼,汉诺曼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural han·u·mans for 1.

    • : Also called entellus. a langur, Presbytis entellus, held sacred in India.
    • : Hindu Mythology. a monkey chief who is a conspicuous figure in the Ramayana.

Examples

  • Ramesh pulled down the snoring man's trousers; he lifted the bar high up, while the lawyer said, "Do it like Hanuman does on TV!"

  • He loosened the bar, slung it over his shoulder, and said, "Don't I look like Hanuman now?"

  • The oldest and best of all Sanskrit dramas, Hanuman-Natak, is ascribed to this talented forefather of ours.

  • A legend informs us that most of them rose from the ashes of the tail of the monkey god Hanuman.

  • So no Hindu will ever kill a hanuman monkey or injure it in any way, no matter how much mischief it may do.

  • Having spoken thus, Hanuman permitted Bhima to proceed on his way under the protection of Vayu, god of wind.

  • Hanuman, son of Vayu, the wind god, was made manifest before Bhima.