nessus meaning in English
n.
【希腊神话】(大力神 Hercules 用毒箭射死的)人头马腿怪物。
Examples
- He cast his eyes around him and saw a man carrying off teresa , as nessus , the centaur , carried dejanira
他用目光四下里搜索着，看见一个人正在抢德丽莎，正象尼苏斯抢蒂茄美拉一样。 - He made his way along the corridors through force of habit ; he threw aside his magisterial robe , not out of deference to etiquette , but because it was an unbearable burden , a veritable garb of nessus , insatiate in torture
赫之妻遵尼苏斯的遗言，把丈夫的衬衣用这怪物的血浸过，赫克里斯穿上后因此中毒，苦恼不堪，卒致自杀。译注。