Janus
n. 杰纳斯两面神 [医] 双面联胎
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释义与例句
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The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
杰纳斯
宗教 神话 哲学In the ages of victory, as often as the senate decreed some distant conquest, the consul denounced hostilities, by unbarring, in solemn pomp, the gates of the temple of Janus. Domestic war now rendered the admonition superfluous, and the ceremony was superseded by the establishment of a new religion. But the brazen temple of Janus was left standing in the forum; of a size sufficient only to contain the statue of the god, five cubits in height, of a human form, but with two faces, directed to the east and west.
We find ourselves once again sitting in Committee of the Whole House to vote a war subsidy. The present occupants of the Treasury Bench are determined that so long as they retain their places the Temple of Janus shall not be closed.
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Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.
定语Janus cat, Janus particle
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Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.
Used to indicate an azo dye with a quaternary ammonium group, frequently with the diazo component being safranine.
定语 化学Janus green B is a dye used widely in histology to stain cells for microscopic examination.
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A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
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A moon of Saturn.
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词源
From Latin Iānus (“the Roman god Janus”).
来源：wiktionary