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Definition of Trojan in English: Trojanadjective ˈtrəʊdʒ(ə)nˈtroʊdʒən Relating to ancient Troy in Asia Minor. （与）（小亚细亚古城）特洛伊（有关）的 特洛伊传奇。 Example sentencesExamples - Once inside, the Greek soldiers poured out of the horse, sacked Troy, and burned it to the ground, carrying off plenty of wealth and numerous Trojan women in the process.
- Aeneas and a few other Trojan men escaped the city and set sail for a new land where they hoped to build a new Troy.
- He prophesies the founding of Rome, after several generations of Trojan descendants are born in Italy.
- In Homer's epic ‘Illiad,’ snakes are even the avengers sent by gods to punish Trojan priest Laocoon who warns the Trojans against the Greek's scheme using a wooden horse.
- But, when scrutinized closely, the later Roman relationship to Trojan civilization exists in name only.
noun ˈtrəʊdʒ(ə)nˈtroʊdʒən 1A native or inhabitant of ancient Troy. 特洛伊人 I'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks Example sentencesExamples - Having heard that Crete was abandoned by its native ruler, the Trojans set sail.
- Helen is blamed for causing the Trojan War because the Greeks and Trojans were fighting over her.
- When he and Apollo were cheated by the Trojans, Poseidon's revenge was endless.
- A war fought at Troy between the native Trojans and the invading Greeks.
- They camp around the Trojan settlement and the Trojans watch them from their walls.
2Computing
A Trojan Horse program. Example sentencesExamples - A Trojan is a stand-alone program that appears to do one thing while in fact doing something else - probably harmful.
- Also, because this program is a Trojan, and not a virus, it cannot spread further of its own accord.
- The email contains a computer program known as a Trojan that is opened when the person clicks on it and is installed on their computer without their knowing it.
- A hacker may send a Trojan to any computer via the Internet by the use of an ActiveX component.
- He discovered that the attack was being co-ordinated through programs called Trojans saved on innocent people's machines.
Phraseswork like a Trojan (or Trojans) Example sentencesExamples - He tells us that although there has been inactivity on our part, ‘the ground staff have been working like Trojans’.
- I don't think anyone would argue that Tommy has worked like a Trojan for years and years.
- He worked like a Trojan and he could not do enough for anybody.
- And she worked like a Trojan and her morals were irreproachable.
- He carried on working like a Trojan and kept up a punishing travel schedule that took him to factories all over the Far East, overseeing the manufacture of his shoe designs.
- Staff at our hospitals worked like Trojans and came through with flying colours.
- They have worked like Trojans and in appalling conditions.
- The head teacher won't mention this, but she was feeding everyone from the canteen wagon - she worked like a Trojan that night.
- He works like a Trojan and takes enormous pride in his produce.
- ‘They worked like Trojans,’ he said at the time.
Synonyms work hard, labour, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a trojan, work like a dog, work day and night, exert oneself, keep at it, keep one's nose to the grindstone, grind away, slave away, grub away, plough away, plod away
OriginMiddle English: from Latin Troianus, from Troia 'Troy'. Definition of Trojan in US English: Trojanadjectiveˈtrōjənˈtroʊdʒən Relating to ancient Troy in Asia Minor. （与）（小亚细亚古城）特洛伊（有关）的 特洛伊传奇。 Example sentencesExamples - In Homer's epic ‘Illiad,’ snakes are even the avengers sent by gods to punish Trojan priest Laocoon who warns the Trojans against the Greek's scheme using a wooden horse.
- But, when scrutinized closely, the later Roman relationship to Trojan civilization exists in name only.
- Aeneas and a few other Trojan men escaped the city and set sail for a new land where they hoped to build a new Troy.
- Once inside, the Greek soldiers poured out of the horse, sacked Troy, and burned it to the ground, carrying off plenty of wealth and numerous Trojan women in the process.
- He prophesies the founding of Rome, after several generations of Trojan descendants are born in Italy.
nounˈtrōjənˈtroʊdʒən A native or inhabitant of ancient Troy. 特洛伊人 Example sentencesExamples - Helen is blamed for causing the Trojan War because the Greeks and Trojans were fighting over her.
- When he and Apollo were cheated by the Trojans, Poseidon's revenge was endless.
- A war fought at Troy between the native Trojans and the invading Greeks.
- Having heard that Crete was abandoned by its native ruler, the Trojans set sail.
- They camp around the Trojan settlement and the Trojans watch them from their walls.
Phraseswork like a Trojan (or Trojans) Example sentencesExamples - ‘They worked like Trojans,’ he said at the time.
- Staff at our hospitals worked like Trojans and came through with flying colours.
- He carried on working like a Trojan and kept up a punishing travel schedule that took him to factories all over the Far East, overseeing the manufacture of his shoe designs.
- And she worked like a Trojan and her morals were irreproachable.
- He works like a Trojan and takes enormous pride in his produce.
- They have worked like Trojans and in appalling conditions.
- He tells us that although there has been inactivity on our part, ‘the ground staff have been working like Trojans’.
- I don't think anyone would argue that Tommy has worked like a Trojan for years and years.
- The head teacher won't mention this, but she was feeding everyone from the canteen wagon - she worked like a Trojan that night.
- He worked like a Trojan and he could not do enough for anybody.
Synonyms work hard, labour, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a trojan, work like a dog, work day and night, exert oneself, keep at it, keep one's nose to the grindstone, grind away, slave away, grub away, plough away, plod away
OriginMiddle English: from Latin Troianus, from Troia ‘Troy’. |