Sphinx
[ sfiŋks ]
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n. [埃]狮身人面[鹰头，羊头]巨象;
📝 例句
a sphinx riddle
怪谜;[喻]难题
A wise tabby, a blinking sphinx, watched from her warm sill.
一只明察秋毫的母花猫，伊然是座眨巴着眼睛的斯芬克斯，呆在暖洋洋的窗台上朝这边望着。
She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.
她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像。
🌱 联想助记
sphinx→Sphinx 斯芬克司，希腊神话人物， 带翅膀的狮身女怪，传说常叫过路的行人猜 谜语，猜不出者即被杀死
📖 牛津释义
sphinx
n
1 (esp 尤作 the Sphinx) stone statue in Egypt with a lion's body and a man's or an animal's head 斯芬克斯（埃及的狮身人面或狮身兽面石像）.
2 person who keeps his thoughts and feelings secret; enigmatic person 内心世界不外露的人; 谜一样的人
I've always found her rather sphinx-like. 我总觉得她像个谜一样, 难以捉摸.
🔁 扩展释义
*[sfiŋks]n. 史芬克斯(希腊神话人物), 人面狮身像, 天蛾
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Rules are meant to be followed, not broken.
规则制订出来是让人遵守，而不是让人破坏。
Deeds are males, and words are females.
言柔弱无能，行刚强有力。
Wait! Shylock would not take the money earlier. All he wanted was right to be done.
别忙！夏洛克先前已经拒绝要钱了。他所要求的只是公正。