Sphinx是什么意思？

Sphinx

英[sfɪŋks] 美[sfɪŋks]

• n. [埃]狮身人面[鹰头，羊头]巨象；

复数：sphinxes;

例句

• achemon sphinx 葡萄蔓天蛾
• a sphinx riddle 怪谜; <喻>难题
• Tongue Twister J _ K _ L Just think, that sphinx has a sphincter that stinks! 试想想, 那个狮身人面像的括约肌发臭了!
• It's as vexing as the riddle of the Sphinx. 这个问题和古埃及司芬克思的谜语一样令人费解.
• Atop Athena's helmet, between winged griffins, crouched an inscrutable sphinx. 在雅典娜头盔的上方 、 于带翼的狮身鹰首兽之间, 蹲伏着一头神秘难测的狮身人史芬克斯.
• Were you there when the Pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx? 当法老王打造人面狮身时你在那儿 吗 ?
• Did the Sphinx give Oedipus a clue? 斯芬尼克斯给俄狄浦斯线索了 吗 ?
• I. Comparisons to a Living Creature ( i . e . , the Sphinx riddle ) 1.比作某种生物 ( 如斯芬克司谜 )
• The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby. 雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近.
• It suited him to play the sphinx. 让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  斯芬克斯，狮身人面像(古埃及人建造于金字塔旁的巨大雕像，神话中传说它会出谜语来为难人);神秘的人;令人困惑不解的人
  The Sphinx is a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a lion's body that stands near the pyramids in Egypt. In mythology, sphinxes gave people puzzles to solve, and so a person who is mysterious or puzzling is sometimes referred to as a sphinx .
  例句
  It suited him to play the sphinx. 让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (古埃及)狮身人面像;狮身羊头(或鹰头)像;(埃及吉萨金字塔附近的)狮身人面巨像
  The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby. 雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近。
  (s-)难于理解的人,猜不透的人
  a sphinx riddle 怪谜; <喻>难题
  <昆>天蛾
  achemon sphinx 葡萄蔓天蛾

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
  2. one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians