sphinx

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 sfĭngks

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
    — [W]hatsoe'er of strange / Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, / Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, / Dark Æthiopia in her desert hills. / Conceals.
  2. A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person. figuratively
    — ...it is clear that judges are no longer required to be as passive as they once were; to be what I call sphinx judges. We now not only accept that a judge may intervene in the adversarial debate, but also believe that it is sometimes essential for him to do so for justice in fact to be done.
  3. A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon. dated
  4. A sphinx moth.
  5. A sphincter. euphemistic,rare
    — Constance said boastfully, ‘My sphinxes are strong and in good repair. I order you to come.’
动词 v.
  1. To decorate with sphinxes. transitive
    — a marble sphinxed chimney-piece
  2. To adopt the posture of the Sphinx. intransitive,transitive
    — A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.
  3. To be inscrutable, often through silence. intransitive,transitive
    — The sphinxèd riddle of the Universe, Nature's unsolved enigma, who may prove?
  4. To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx. intransitive
    — Perhaps Nature is sphinxing us on purpose. Whatever her objects may be, perhaps she gets her work done better when she appeals to our gambling instincts. If you knew for certain exactly how your marriage was going to turn out[…]

词形变化

sphinxes plural sphinges plural sphynx alternative,dated spynx alternative,obsolete phynx alternative,obsolete sphinxes present,singular,third-person sphinxing participle,present sphinxed participle,past sphinxed past sphynx alternative,dated spynx alternative,obsolete phynx alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

下位词
androsphinx criosphinx gynosphinx hieracosphinx
衍生词
Achemon sphinx Nessus sphinx satellite sphinx sphinx-faced sphinx-figure sphinx-form sphinx-guarded sphinxial sphinxian sphinxily sphinxine sphinxineness sphinxiness sphinxish sphinxishness sphinxity sphinxlike sphinx-lined sphinx-look sphinx moth sphinxoid sphinxy Tantalus sphinx tomato sphinx Virginia creeper sphinx white-lined sphinx
相关词
sphingal sphingian sphingine chimera

词源

词源 1
From Sphinx, from Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).
词源 2
From Sphinx, from Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).
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