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【希 腊神话】 斯芬克司(底比斯的带翼怪物,狮身女人头;提出人的三个不同年龄段的谜语,无法猜出者立遭杀害;后俄狄浦斯解开谜题,斯芬克司遂自戕)。
an ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human or animal head, especially the huge statue near the Pyramids at Giza
(尤指埃及吉萨金字塔附近的)狮身人(或兽)面像。
an enigmatic or inscrutable person
难于理解的人;猜不透的人。
North American term for
〈北美〉 同
"late Middle English: via Latin from Greek