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odyssey

/od-uh-see/US // ˈɒd ə si //UK // (ˈɒdɪsɪ) //

奥德赛,奥迪赛,奥赛,深入了解

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural Od·ys·seys for 2.

    • : an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
    • : a long series of wanderings or adventures, especially when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounjourney
Synonyms
adventure冒险,探险,历险,冒险之旅excursion游览,游玩,游历,旅游expedition远征,征战,征程,远征队exploration勘探,探索,探测,探讨pilgrimage朝圣之旅,朝圣,朝圣之路,朝觐quest追求,征求意见,探索,寻觅sojourn旅居,旅居生活,旅居美国,旅居国外trek跋涉,跋山涉水,徒步旅行,跋扈tour巡演,巡回演出,旅游,旅行travels旅行,旅游,旅费,旅途中trip旅行,旅程,旅程中,旅行中voyage航行,航程,旅行,航次wanderings流浪者,流浪,游荡,漂泊

Examples

  • Adams said he rarely saw the half-dozen women who worked there come or go, but when they did, they were being ferried to and from work in a Honda Odyssey van.

  • Someone stole Robbie Pruitt’s mountain bike off the rack of his Honda Odyssey in September.

  • A trailer of in-game footage was shown for “Odyssey,” a space adventure game with first-person shooter elements.

  • As someone who loved “Odyssey” but also lamented the series leaving behind its roots, “Valhalla” hits a sweet spot.

  • Odyssey does a bit more, with 18 tracked stats to play with.

  • Declining to use his real name out of fear of reprisal, Ibrahim describes a dark and gruesome odyssey.

  • The casting of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII is shaping up to be it's own, multi-installment odyssey.

  • He was bidding a final farewell to the 9/11 nightmare and the odyssey to kill Osama bin Laden.

  • One refugee remembers the chaos of the day and her long odyssey to freedom.

  • All the motor skills are gone, so it feels like his personal Odyssey as he struggles over every inch.

  • The other great Greek poem, the Odyssey, has given us the name of one of its characters for a fairly common English word.

  • Homer (Odyssey, v. 390) speaks of “the fair-tressed Dawn,” εὐπλόκαμος Ἠώς.

  • The hero of The Odyssey was, self-confessedly, no tyro, but was himself “in artifice well framed and in imposture various”.

  • What an Odyssey of adventures he would149 have to relate when he reached home!

  • Yet the alleged late compiler of the Odyssey, in the seventh century, never wanders thus from the Homeric standard in taste.

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