Philomela

n. 夜莺

别名

Philomel

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A female given name.

  2. 2.

    the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a bird by the gods.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  3. 3.

    The nightingale.

    文学 生物 动物学

词源

From Latin Philomela, from Ancient Greek Φιλομήλη (Philomḗlē), from φίλος (phílos, “love”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple; fruit; sheep”), but folk-etymologized since at least Ovid's time as "lover of song".

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