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单词 Adonis
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Definition of Adonis in English:

Adonis

proper nounəˈdəʊnɪsəˈdɑnəs
Greek Mythology
  • 1A beautiful youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone. He was killed by a boar, but Zeus decreed that he should spend the winter of each year in the underworld with Persephone and the summer months with Aphrodite.

    〔希腊神话〕阿多尼斯(为阿芙罗狄忒和珀尔塞福涅所爱的美少年,被野猪咬死,但是宙斯命令他每年冬天要在冥府与珀尔塞福涅同住,而夏天则和阿芙罗狄忒同住)

    1. 1.1as noun an Adonis An extremely handsome young man.
      极其英俊的青年
      not all of us have the body of an Adonis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Seeing himself as an Adonis and a gift to women and lacking any respect for the gender was his undoing.
      • He looked like an Adonis with the late morning sun showering him in a ray of light.
      • The lad was an Adonis, and with rakish good looks and a devilmay-care smile, he seemed to hold the world by a string.
      • I look round, expecting to see some six foot Adonis with a winning smile and an easy charm.
      • An Adonis, his physique was imposing and he carried himself with the bearing of a champion.

Rhymes

Clones, Issigonis

Definition of Adonis in US English:

Adonis

proper nounəˈdɑnəsəˈdänəs
Greek Mythology
  • 1A beautiful youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone. He was killed by a boar, but Zeus decreed that he should spend the winter of each year in the underworld with Persephone and the summer months with Aphrodite.

    〔希腊神话〕阿多尼斯(为阿芙罗狄忒和珀尔塞福涅所爱的美少年,被野猪咬死,但是宙斯命令他每年冬天要在冥府与珀尔塞福涅同住,而夏天则和阿芙罗狄忒同住)

    1. 1.1as noun an Adonis An extremely handsome young man.
      极其英俊的青年
      not all of us have the body of an Adonis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The lad was an Adonis, and with rakish good looks and a devilmay-care smile, he seemed to hold the world by a string.
      • I look round, expecting to see some six foot Adonis with a winning smile and an easy charm.
      • Seeing himself as an Adonis and a gift to women and lacking any respect for the gender was his undoing.
      • He looked like an Adonis with the late morning sun showering him in a ray of light.
      • An Adonis, his physique was imposing and he carried himself with the bearing of a champion.
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