satyr
/ˈsætə(r)/noun
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- Greek Mythology one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods. In Greek art they were represented as a man with a horse's ears and tail, but in Roman representations as a man with a goat's ears, tail, legs, and horns.【希腊神话】撒梯(森林之神, 好酒色, 在希腊神话中被描绘为人身马耳马尾, 而在罗马神话中则为生有羊耳羊尾羊腿羊角的人形)。
1.1
- a man who has strong sexual desires好色男人。
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- a satyrid butterfly with chiefly dark brown wings眼蝶。
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- Tribes Satyrini (including the Eurasian genus Satyrus) and Euptychiini (the American wood satyrs), subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.眼蝶族(包括欧亚的眼蝶属)和美洲木眼蝶族, 眼蝶亚科, 蛱蝶科。
派生词
satyric
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French satyre, or via Latin from Greek saturos.