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单词 Procrustes
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Procrustes

/prəʊˈkrʌstiːz/
Greek Mythology a robber who forced travellers to lie on a bed and made them fit it by stretching their limbs or cutting off the appropriate length of leg. Theseus killed him in like manner.
【希腊神话】普罗克汝斯忒斯(一强盗, 他强迫旅客躺在床上, 将矮者拉长, 或将高者截短以与床长相当; 忒修斯以同样的方式将其杀死)。
词源
from Greek prokroustēs,literally 'stretcher',from prokrouein 'beat out'.
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