sphinx
/sfingks/US // sfɪŋks //UK // (sfɪŋks) //
狮身人面像,斯芬克斯,狮身人面,狮身人面兽心
Related Words
riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底subtlety细致,精妙的,精妙,细致的question问题,疑问,疑问句enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西secrecy秘密,保密性,隐秘性,秘密性problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚puzzlement不解之谜,困惑,谜团,不解puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团mystification神化,神秘化,神化现象,神化作用perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此cliffhanger悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器occult玄学,非自然,隐秘,玄秘cryptogram密码图,密文,加密图,加密crux症结,症结所在,关键点,关键difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inmystery
Synonyms
conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决question问题,疑问,疑问句riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜secrecy秘密,保密性,隐秘性,秘密性subtlety细致,精妙的,精妙,细致的thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚abstruseness沕沕水,罡风,渊源,沕沕水市charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏chiller冷水机,冷风机,制冷机,冷水机组cliffhanger悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决crux症结,症结所在,关键点,关键cryptogram密码图,密文,加密图,加密difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗inscrutability高深莫测,高瞻远瞩,高深莫测的,高密性mystification神化,神秘化,神化现象,神化作用occult玄学,非自然,隐秘,玄秘oracle神谕,神谕者,甲骨文,神谕学perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者puzzlement不解之谜,困惑,谜团,不解rebus缰绳,重音符号,重音符,重音rune符文,符石,符咒,符码stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此stumper跳楼者,跳楼的人,跳远者,跳线teaser预告,预告片,戏弄,挑逗twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器whodunit侦探案,侦探小说,悬案,侦探why为什么,为何brainteaser脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯游戏,脑力激荡,益智游戏braintwister脑筋急转弯,脑筋动手术,大脑的烦恼closed book闭卷,封面书,封闭书,不公开的书inscrutableness高深莫测,不透明性,不确定性,不透明mindboggler脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯的人,脑力劳动者,脑筋急转弯的家伙sixty-four-thousand-dollar question六万四千美元的问题,六千四百元的问题,六十四万美金的问题,六万四千美元问题tough nut to crack难啃的骨头,难啃的硬骨头,难解之谜,难解的难题
as inperplexity
Synonyms
puzzlement不解之谜,困惑,谜团,不解abstruseness沕沕水,罡风,渊源,沕沕水市charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏chiller冷水机,冷风机,制冷机,冷水机组cliffhanger悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底crux症结,症结所在,关键点,关键cryptogram密码图,密文,加密图,加密difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗inscrutability高深莫测,高瞻远瞩,高深莫测的,高密性mystification神化,神秘化,神化现象,神化作用occult玄学,非自然,隐秘,玄秘oracle神谕,神谕者,甲骨文,神谕学poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团puzzler谜题,拼图者,谜语,拼图question问题,疑问,疑问句rebus缰绳,重音符号,重音符,重音riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜rune符文,符石,符咒,符码secrecy秘密,保密性,隐秘性,秘密性stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此stumper跳楼者,跳楼的人,跳远者,跳线subtlety细致,精妙的,精妙,细致的teaser预告,预告片,戏弄,挑逗thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器whodunit侦探案,侦探小说,悬案,侦探why为什么,为何brainteaser脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯游戏,脑力激荡,益智游戏braintwister脑筋急转弯,脑筋动手术,大脑的烦恼closed book闭卷,封面书,封闭书,不公开的书inscrutableness高深莫测,不透明性,不确定性,不透明mindboggler脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯的人,脑力劳动者,脑筋急转弯的家伙sixty-four-thousand-dollar question六万四千美元的问题,六千四百元的问题,六十四万美金的问题,六万四千美元问题tough nut to crack难啃的骨头,难啃的硬骨头,难解之谜,难解的难题
Antonyms
as inpuzzler
Synonyms
abstruseness沕沕水,罡风,渊源,沕沕水市charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏chiller冷水机,冷风机,制冷机,冷水机组cliffhanger悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底crux症结,症结所在,关键点,关键cryptogram密码图,密文,加密图,加密difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗inscrutability高深莫测,高瞻远瞩,高深莫测的,高密性mystification神化,神秘化,神化现象,神化作用occult玄学,非自然,隐秘,玄秘oracle神谕,神谕者,甲骨文,神谕学perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团puzzlement不解之谜,困惑,谜团,不解question问题,疑问,疑问句rebus缰绳,重音符号,重音符,重音riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜rune符文,符石,符咒,符码secrecy秘密,保密性,隐秘性,秘密性stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此stumper跳楼者,跳楼的人,跳远者,跳线subtlety细致,精妙的,精妙,细致的teaser预告,预告片,戏弄,挑逗thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器whodunit侦探案,侦探小说,悬案,侦探why为什么,为何brainteaser脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯游戏,脑力激荡,益智游戏braintwister脑筋急转弯,脑筋动手术,大脑的烦恼closed book闭卷,封面书,封闭书,不公开的书inscrutableness高深莫测,不透明性,不确定性,不透明mindboggler脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯的人,脑力劳动者,脑筋急转弯的家伙sixty-four-thousand-dollar question六万四千美元的问题,六千四百元的问题,六十四万美金的问题,六万四千美元问题tough nut to crack难啃的骨头,难啃的硬骨头,难解之谜,难解的难题
Antonyms
as inenigma
Synonyms
abstruseness沕沕水,罡风,渊源,沕沕水市charade招摇撞骗,骗局,戏法,骗人的把戏chiller冷水机,冷风机,制冷机,冷水机组cliffhanger悬崖勒马,悬念,悬而未决conundrum谜题,谜团,谜语,谜底crux症结,症结所在,关键点,关键cryptogram密码图,密文,加密图,加密difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重enigma谜团,谜题,谜底,谜一样的东西grabber抓取者,抓取器,攫取者,抓斗inscrutability高深莫测,高瞻远瞩,高深莫测的,高密性mystification神化,神秘化,神化现象,神化作用occult玄学,非自然,隐秘,玄秘oracle神谕,神谕者,甲骨文,神谕学perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑poser造型师,装腔作势,装腔作势者,冒充者problem问题,问题所在,问题的,问题的解决puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团puzzlement不解之谜,困惑,谜团,不解question问题,疑问,疑问句rebus缰绳,重音符号,重音符,重音riddle谜题,谜团,谜语,灯谜rune符文,符石,符咒,符码secrecy秘密,保密性,隐秘性,秘密性stickler执拗的人,坚守者,坚持不懈,拘泥于此stumper跳楼者,跳楼的人,跳远者,跳线subtlety细致,精妙的,精妙,细致的teaser预告,预告片,戏弄,挑逗thriller惊悚片,惊心动魄,惊悚小说,惊悚twister龙卷风,漩涡,捻线机,捻线器whodunit侦探案,侦探小说,悬案,侦探why为什么,为何brainteaser脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯游戏,脑力激荡,益智游戏braintwister脑筋急转弯,脑筋动手术,大脑的烦恼closed book闭卷,封面书,封闭书,不公开的书inscrutableness高深莫测,不透明性,不确定性,不透明mindboggler脑筋急转弯,脑筋急转弯的人,脑力劳动者,脑筋急转弯的家伙sixty-four-thousand-dollar question六万四千美元的问题,六千四百元的问题,六十四万美金的问题,六万四千美元问题tough nut to crack难啃的骨头,难啃的硬骨头,难解之谜,难解的难题
Antonyms
Examples
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.
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