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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Don't worry. The traffic is very heavy at this hour.
别担心。这个时间交通很拥挤。
I'm found.
我发现
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.
玛蒂尔德，我亲爱的朋友。让我告诉你吧。你向我借的那条项链并不是一条真的钻石项链。那条项链根本不值钱。项链中的宝石是玻璃做的。它最多值500法郎。