Augean stables

短语

奥吉斯国王的牛舍 污秽腐败之所 极肮脏的地方（Augean stable的复数）

发音

UK /ɔːˌd͡ʒiːən ˈsteɪbl̩z/
其它
US /ɔˌd͡ʒiən ˈsteɪb(ə)lz/
US /ˈɔˌɡiən-/

词形变化

Augean stable

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The stables where King Augeas kept his vast herd.

    习语 宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    An extremely filthy or untidy place or situation.

    习语

    She ordered him upstairs immediately to clean the Augean stables of his bedroom.

  3. 3.

    A place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay.

    比喻 习语

词源

From Augean (“pertaining to Augeas”) + stables. Augeas was a legendary king of Elis in Greek mythology who owned numerous divine cattle (3,000 head, according to some later retellings) which produced a huge amount of dung in stables that had not been cleaned for over 30 years. The cleaning of the stables was the fifth of the twelve Labours of Hercules, which Hercules achieved by rerouting the Alpheus and Peneus rivers through them.

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