sphinx

FREQ #19016

n. 史芬克斯(希腊神话人物), 人面狮身像, 天蛾

发音

US /ˈsfɪŋks/

词形变化

sphinges sphinxes 复数 sphinxes sphinges 复数 sphinxed sphinxes 三单 sphinxing sphinxing 现在分词 sphinxed 过去式 sphinxed 过去分词

别名

Sphinx sphynx spynx phynx

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

    斯芬克斯

    人头狮身

    狮头人像

    宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.

    过时
  4. 4.

    A sphinx moth.

  5. 5.

    A sphincter.

    委婉 罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To decorate with sphinxes.

    及物

    a marble sphinxed chimney-piece

  2. 2.

    To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.

    不及物 及物

    A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.

    Several animals maintained either a crouched … or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)

  3. 3.

    To be inscrutable, often through silence.

    不及物 及物
  4. 4.

    To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

actor worker statue doer

相关短语

sphinx moth 天蛾 sphinx moths satellite sphinx Tantalus sphinx Achemon sphinx Nessus sphinx white-lined sphinx Virginia creeper sphinx tomato sphinx

词源

From Sphinx, from Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).

来源：wiktionary