sphinxlike

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx, especially, not showing passion or emotion; inscrutable.
    — What about Mrs. Cavendish? I watched her as she sat at the head of the table, graceful, composed, enigmatic. In her soft grey frock, with white ruffles at the wrists falling over her slender hands, she looked very beautiful. When she chose, however, her face could be sphinx-like in its inscrutability.
  2. Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance.
    — Mrs. Mallowe smiled in a superior and Sphinx-like fashion.

词形变化

more sphinxlike comparative most sphinxlike superlative sphinx-like alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English sphinx
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English sphinxlike
From sphinx + -like.
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