| 释义 |
leviathan/liˈvaiəθ(ə)n/n. 1 Bibl. a sea monster 【圣经】海中怪兽 2 anything very large or powerful, esp. a ship 庞然大物(尤指船) 3 an autocratic monarch or state (in allusion to a book by Hobbes, 1651) (英国哲学家霍布斯于 1651 年所写著作中提及的)专制君主；专制国家 [Middle English via Late Latin from Hebrew liwyɑˉtɑˉn] |