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单词 Phaeacian
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Definition of Phaeacian in English:

Phaeacian

noun fiːˈeɪʃ(ə)nfēˈāSHən
  • (in the Odyssey) an inhabitant of Scheria (Corfu), whose people were noted for their hedonism.

    费阿克斯人(《奥德赛》中谢里尔岛 科尔夫居民,以享乐主义闻名)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Likening Odysseus’ ‘untriumphal entry’ into the city of the Phaeacians to Jesus' entry into Jerusalem seems forced and strained.‘
    • Viewing these Homeric exploits, it is as though the viewers were themselves masquerading as an audience for an epic recitation - perhaps even Odysseus's own recitation of his adventures to the Phaeacians in Books IX-XII of the Odyssey.
    • The next four show Odysseus himself released from the island of Calypso and arriving at the land of the Phaeacians, a half-way house between the fairy-tale world of his adventures and the real world of Ithaca which awaits him.

Origin

From Latin Phaeacia, Greek Phaiakia, the name of the island of Scheria, + -an.

Definition of Phaeacian in US English:

Phaeacian

nounfēˈāSHən
  • (in the Odyssey) an inhabitant of Scheria (Corfu), whose people were noted for their hedonism.

    费阿克斯人(《奥德赛》中谢里尔岛 科尔夫居民,以享乐主义闻名)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Viewing these Homeric exploits, it is as though the viewers were themselves masquerading as an audience for an epic recitation - perhaps even Odysseus's own recitation of his adventures to the Phaeacians in Books IX-XII of the Odyssey.
    • ‘Likening Odysseus’ ‘untriumphal entry’ into the city of the Phaeacians to Jesus' entry into Jerusalem seems forced and strained.‘
    • The next four show Odysseus himself released from the island of Calypso and arriving at the land of the Phaeacians, a half-way house between the fairy-tale world of his adventures and the real world of Ithaca which awaits him.

Origin

From Latin Phaeacia, Greek Phaiakia, the name of the island of Scheria, + -an.

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