Circean poison

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poison or potion that changes the body but not the mind. uncountable
    — And the riven Tree in the West withered; and the broken Car was changed by the Circean poison of the golden plumes into a two-natured monster, half-bird, half-beast — a mockery of the holy Griffin.
  2. Anything magically (and fatally) captivating, such as a potion or applause. uncountable
    — O foulest Circean draught, thou poison of Popular Applause! madness is in thee, and death; thy end is Bedlam and the Grave.

词源

After the Greek mythological figure of Circe, who (in the Odyssey) tempted men to excess before turning them into pigs.
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