sphinx是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The Sphinx sits around the pyramid.

狮身人面像就坐落在金字塔的周围。

(2)It is said that there is a hidden mechanism behind the ear of the Sphinx.

据说，狮身人面像的耳朵后面有一个隐藏机关。

(3)I've known him for almost ten years, but I still think he's a sphinx.

我认识他快十年了，仍然觉得他无法猜透。

(4)We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.

我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。

(5)All comers to the Sphinx were asked a riddle, and failure to solve it meant death.

所有来到斯芬克斯面前的人都被问了一个谜语，解答不了就意味着死亡。

(6)I heard the Sphinx, but I did not understand.

我听到了斯芬·克斯的话，但是我不懂得。

(7)Sphinx has many more features to take advantage of.

Sphinx还有更多的功能可以利用。

(8)Learn more about and download the Sphinx search engine.

了解更多信息并下载Sphinx搜索引擎。

同义词

n. 狮身人面像；难于理解的人；天蛾

释义

n.

(Sphinx)Greek Mythology a winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide

【希 腊神话】 斯芬克司（底比斯的带翼怪物，狮身女人头；提出人的三个不同年龄段的谜语，无法猜出者立遭杀害；后俄狄浦斯解开谜题，斯芬克司遂自戕）。

an ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human or animal head, especially the huge statue near the Pyramids at Giza

（尤指埃及吉萨金字塔附近的）狮身人（或兽）面像。

an enigmatic or inscrutable person

难于理解的人；猜不透的人。

North American term for HAWKMOTH.

〈北美〉 同HAWKMOTH.

词源

"late Middle English： via Latin from Greek Sphinx, apparently from sphingein ‘draw tight’."

(1)What did you do on yours? I went to Egypt with my dad. I can see it now, "Look dad, it's the Sphinx."

你做了什么？我跟我爸去埃及，我可以想像“看呐爸爸，是狮身人面像”。《Friends Season 6》《老友记 第六季》

(2)I was chasing a rare Achemon Sphinx Moth for my collection. I have one.

当时为了我的标本收藏在追一只稀有的葡萄蔓天蛾。我有一只哦。《Girl Meets World Season 3》《女孩成长记 第三季》

(3)Why is it inside out? Excuse me. But this is a purebred, show-quality Sphinx cat.

它的皮怎么翻出来了？帮帮忙，这可是展示级的纯种斯芬克斯猫。《Friends Season 5》《老友记 第五季》