procrustes 的定义
Classical Mythology.
- a robber who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed. He was killed by Theseus.
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- Theseus entered Procrustes's home, and partook freely of the food set before him.
- The literary committee were so impressed with this idea that they presented it to Baxter in regard to the Procrustes.
- When the Procrustes was ready for distribution, each subscriber received his copy by mail, in a neat pasteboard box.
- In pursuance of my duty in the premises, it of course became necessary for me to read the Procrustes.
- He offered to pay all the bills for the sham Procrustes, or to replace the blank copies with the real thing, as we might choose.