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olympus

/uh-lim-puhs, oh-lim-/US // əˈlɪm pəs, oʊˈlɪm- //UK // (əʊˈlɪmpəs) //

奥林巴斯,奥林帕斯,奥林匹斯,奥林匹亚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Mount, a mountain in NE Greece, on the boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia: mythical abode of the greater Grecian gods. 9,730 feet.
    • : a mountain in NW Washington: highest peak of the Olympic Mountains. 7,954 feet.

Examples

  • She handed the keys of Olympus to her favorite grandchild Zeus, and wished him the best of luck.

  • Olympus photographers Brooke Bartleson and Lee Hoy, both wildlife specialists with decades of experience between them, are here to help.

  • To help you crack the action-shot code, we asked a handful of Olympus photographers for their best advice.

  • To help you master those fundamentals, we caught up with five Olympus photographers for their best tips.

  • Du Maurier was one of the great names of British theatre, she regarded ‘a summons’ from him to be a ‘bugle call from Olympus.’

  • Mount Olympus has enough snow for skiers for three or four months of the year.

  • For its own part, KPMG missed a $1.7 billion accounting scandal at Japanese company Olympus.

  • Then Declan tried to capture Venus in the frame of our borrowed Olympus hand-held camera.

  • Seeing the luggage piled “Olympus high,” so as to occasion an alarming oscillation.

  • And during that time they were gods, real live dwellers on Olympus, flaming Joves to poor mortal Semeles.

  • At the extremity of the Taurus is Olympus a mountain,251 the piratical hold of Zenicetus, and a fortress of the same name.

  • The name of the promontory is Olympus, and upon it is a temple of Venus Acræa, not to be approached nor seen by women.

  • She held herself as straight as a young poplar and she walked the earth as though she had come straight from Olympus.