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sphinx    音標拼音: [sf'ɪŋks]
n. 史芬克斯,人頭獅身的雕像,天蛾

史芬克斯,人頭獅身的雕像,天蛾

sphinx
n 1: an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions
secret
2: (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's
head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
3: one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a
lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient
Egyptians

Sphinx \Sphinx\, n. [L., from Gr. sfi`gx, usually derived from
sfi`ggein to bind tight or together, as if the Throttler.]
1.
(a) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry,
having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a
hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
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The awful ruins of the days of old . . .
Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphinx. --Shelley.
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(b) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually
represented as having the winged body of a lion, and
the face and breast of a young woman.

Note: The most famous Grecian sphinx, that of Thebes in
B[oe]otia, is said to have proposed a riddle to the
Thebans, and killed those who were unable to guess it.
The enigma was solved by [OE]dipus, whereupon the
sphinx slew herself. "Subtle as sphinx." --Shak.
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2. Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes,
especially in politics and diplomacy.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the
family {Sphingidae}; -- called also {hawk moth}. See also
{tomato worm}.
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Note: The larva is a stout naked caterpillar which, when at
rest, often assumes a position suggesting the Egyptian
sphinx, whence the name.
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4. (Zool.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon ({Cynocephalus
sphinx}).
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{Sphinx baboon} (Zool.), a large West African baboon
({Cynocephalus sphinx}), often kept in menageries.

{Sphinx moth}. (Zool.) Same as {Sphinx}, 3.
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