Sphinx

大学

斯芬克斯

发音

US /ˈsfɪŋks/

词形变化

Sphinxes 复数 Sphinges 复数 Sphinges Sphinxes the Sphinx

别名

Sphynx

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of sphinx (“a sculpture representing the Theban Sphinx”)

name
  1. 1.

    An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.

    斯芬克斯

  2. 2.

    One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who dwelt near the city of Thebes in Boeotia and terrorized travelers by posing riddles, killing those who failed to answer correctly; after Oedipus solved her riddle, she committed suicide out of frustration.

    宗教 神话 哲学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

actor worker statue doer

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English Spynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “bind tightly, to strangle”). The appurtenance of Egyptian Szp:p-A53 (šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”) or Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) remains unclear.

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