sphinx meaning in Chinese
n.
(pl. sphinxes, sphinges )
1.〔S-〕【希腊神话】斯芬克斯〔有翼的狮身女面怪物〕。
2.【古埃及】狮身人面[鹰头，羊头]巨像。
3.莫名其妙的事，谜似的人[物]。
4.【动物；动物学】天蛾；一种非洲狒狒。
Examples
- She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx .
她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像。 - The lion was a monster sphinx which was astray like them in that gulf of darkness .
这只狮子是个丑怪的斯芬克斯，跟他们一样迷失在这黑暗的深渊里。 - The sphinx was so mortified at the solving of her riddle that she cast herself down from the rock and perished .
斯芬克斯见到有人破了它的谜语，痛苦万分，纵身跳下岩石摔死了。 - I ' ve always found her rather sphinx - like
我总觉得她像个谜一样，难以捉摸。 - I heard the sphinx , but i did not understand
我听到了斯蒂芬斯的话，却不懂得。