pyrrhic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪ.ɹɪk/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Ancient Greek war dance.
  2. A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables). not-comparable
  2. Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome. not-comparable
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”). alt-of,not-comparable
    — Huwawa is slain; the victors triumph, but the victory is to be a pyrrhic one for Gilgamesh, for the gods have met in counsel and decreed that Enkidu should die.

词形变化

pyrrhics plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin pyrrhichius (“dibrach”), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”), from πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
词源 2
From Latin pyrrhichius (“dibrach”), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”), from πυρρός (purrhós, “flame-colored, red”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
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