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sphinx/sfiŋks/n. 1 (作 Sphinx) (in Greek mythology) the winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body, whose riddle Oedipus guessed and who consequently killed herself (希腊神话)斯芬克司(带翼的狮身女怪，她出的谜语被俄狄浦斯解破后自杀) 2 Antiq. 【古】a any of several ancient Egyptian stone figures having a lion's body and a human or animal head (古埃及的)狮身人面像，狮身兽面像 b (作 the Sphinx) the huge sphinx near the Pyramids at Giza (埃及吉萨金字塔旁的)狮身人面像 3 an enigmatic or inscrutable person 难于捉摸的人，高深莫测的人 4 US a hawkmoth, esp. of the genus Sphinx [美]天蛾 5 a baboon, esp. the mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx 狒狒(尤指西非大狒狒) [Latin from Greek Sphigx, apparently from sphiggō ‘draw tight’] |