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herm

/hurm/US // hɜrm //UK // (hɜːm) //

蛭子,胚芽,胚胎

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.

Examples

  • But if he had not come I could not have got to Herm before they set their watch boats.

  • And—say, Phil, mon gars,—don't let that young cub from Herm get ahead of you.

  • Fine doings there are on Herm, they say, when they're all at home there.

  • So I crept round the south of Herm and drew into the little roadstead on the west.

  • Did you not say that the pretty damsel of Herm had a father?