sphinx 的定义
plural sphinx·es, sphin·ges [sfin-jeez]. /ˈsfɪn dʒiz/.
- a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion.the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- Classical Mythology. a monster, usually represented as having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. Seated on a rock outside of Thebes, she proposed a riddle to travelers, killing them when they answered incorrectly, as all did before Oedipus. When he answered her riddle correctly the Sphinx killed herself.
- any similar monster.
- a mysterious, inscrutable person or thing, especially one given to enigmatic questions or answers.
sphinx 近义词
等同于 mystery
sphinx 的近义词 38 个
- conundrum
- enigma
- problem
- question
- riddle
- secrecy
- subtlety
- thriller
- abstruseness
- charade
- chiller
- cliffhanger
- crux
- cryptogram
- difficulty
- grabber
- inscrutability
- mystification
- occult
- oracle
- perplexity
- poser
- puzzlement
- rebus
- rune
- stickler
- stumper
- teaser
- twister
- whodunit
- why
- brainteaser
- braintwister
- closed book
- inscrutableness
- mindboggler
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
- tough nut to crack
sphinx 的反义词 2 个
等同于 perplexity
sphinx 的近义词 39 个
- puzzlement
- abstruseness
- charade
- chiller
- cliffhanger
- conundrum
- crux
- cryptogram
- difficulty
- enigma
- grabber
- inscrutability
- mystification
- occult
- oracle
- poser
- problem
- puzzle
- puzzler
- question
- rebus
- riddle
- rune
- secrecy
- stickler
- stumper
- subtlety
- teaser
- thriller
- twister
- whodunit
- why
- brainteaser
- braintwister
- closed book
- inscrutableness
- mindboggler
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
- tough nut to crack
sphinx 的反义词 1 个
等同于 puzzler
sphinx 的近义词 39 个
- abstruseness
- charade
- chiller
- cliffhanger
- conundrum
- crux
- cryptogram
- difficulty
- enigma
- grabber
- inscrutability
- mystification
- occult
- oracle
- perplexity
- poser
- problem
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- question
- rebus
- riddle
- rune
- secrecy
- stickler
- stumper
- subtlety
- teaser
- thriller
- twister
- whodunit
- why
- brainteaser
- braintwister
- closed book
- inscrutableness
- mindboggler
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
- tough nut to crack
sphinx 的反义词 1 个
等同于 enigma
sphinx 的近义词 39 个
- abstruseness
- charade
- chiller
- cliffhanger
- conundrum
- crux
- cryptogram
- difficulty
- enigma
- grabber
- inscrutability
- mystification
- occult
- oracle
- perplexity
- poser
- problem
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- question
- rebus
- riddle
- rune
- secrecy
- stickler
- stumper
- subtlety
- teaser
- thriller
- twister
- whodunit
- why
- brainteaser
- braintwister
- closed book
- inscrutableness
- mindboggler
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
- tough nut to crack
sphinx 的反义词 1 个
更多sphinx例句
- Dulles, Moses recalls, sat as silent as a sphinx, and the meeting ended inconclusively.
- The first cat on the catwalk (sorry, we had to) was Vengeance, a 12-week-old Sphinx in an argyle sweater.
- Next out was Madeline, a one-and-a-half year old Sphinx in a frilly pink ballerina outfit.
- Sphinx cats (think Mr. Bigglesworth) are apparently more likely to tolerate clothing, as they are naturally fur-less.
- Betty smiles so rarely on Mad Men that when she does it holds special importance, akin to a sphinx letting her guard down.
- But his countenance still bore that sphinx-like expression which so often caused his friends to entertain vague suspicions.
- By jove, just that moment—then I caught an expression—I say, do you know you would make a remarkable symbolic study of the Sphinx?
- The rain falls, the mud deepens; the beautiful sphinx lies still, her eyes lost in the dull horizon.
- The sphinx, which men have imagined concealing herself in the cloud, seemed to mock him with a dilemma.
- A terrible sphinx propounding a terrible riddle; the riddle of the existence of Evil.