sphinx / sfɪŋks /

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sphinx 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural sphinx·es, sphin·ges [sfin-jeez]. /ˈsfɪn dʒiz/.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. any similar monster.
  4. a mysterious, inscrutable person or thing, especially one given to enigmatic questions or answers.

sphinx 近义词

sphinx

等同于 mystery

sphinx

等同于 perplexity

sphinx

等同于 puzzler

sphinx

等同于 enigma

更多sphinx例句

  1. Dulles, Moses recalls, sat as silent as a sphinx, and the meeting ended inconclusively.
  2. The first cat on the catwalk (sorry, we had to) was Vengeance, a 12-week-old Sphinx in an argyle sweater.
  3. Next out was Madeline, a one-and-a-half year old Sphinx in a frilly pink ballerina outfit.
  4. Sphinx cats (think Mr. Bigglesworth) are apparently more likely to tolerate clothing, as they are naturally fur-less.
  5. Betty smiles so rarely on Mad Men that when she does it holds special importance, akin to a sphinx letting her guard down.
  6. But his countenance still bore that sphinx-like expression which so often caused his friends to entertain vague suspicions.
  7. 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?
  8. The rain falls, the mud deepens; the beautiful sphinx lies still, her eyes lost in the dull horizon.
  9. The sphinx, which men have imagined concealing herself in the cloud, seemed to mock him with a dilemma.
  10. A terrible sphinx propounding a terrible riddle; the riddle of the existence of Evil.