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单词 sphinx
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sphinx
noun[C]
uk
/sfɪŋks/us
/sfɪŋks/
pluralsphinxorsphinxes
anancientimaginarycreaturewith a lion'sbodyand a person'shead
picture of sphinx
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inancientGreekstories, acreaturewith a lion'sbody, a woman'shead, andwings
the Sphinx
alargestonestatuewith a lion'sbodyand a person'shead, thatstandsin thedesertnear Cairo in Egypt
（埃及开罗附近的）狮身人面像
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(Definition ofsphinxfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
sphinx
noun[C]
uk
/sfɪŋks/us
/sfɪŋks/
pluralsphinxorsphinxes
anancientimaginarycreaturewith a lion'sbodyand a woman'shead
（古老传说中长着女人头颅和狮子身体的）斯芬克斯
the Sphinx
alargestonestatuewith a lion'sbodyand a person'shead, thatstandsin thedesertnear Cairo in Egypt
（埃及开罗附近的）狮身人面像

sphinx| American Dictionary

sphinx
noun[C]
us
/sfɪŋks/
pluralsphinxes
anancient,imaginarycreaturewith a lion’sbodyand ahumanhead
(Definition ofsphinxfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsphinx

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I had a tutorial about orthopaedic surgery in the shadow of the sphinxes paw.
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The only place where this has been left is on the wing supports of thesphinx.
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Thesphinxmoves once again from margin to the center, and she is transformed in the process.
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With her proud stance and broad wings, she is the formal and ideological inverse of thesphinx.
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The technique for the oxen and thesphinxwas a variation on the bas-relief one.
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Eventually, it is reduced to "shattered" masonry, lying between the paws of the implacablesphinx.
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In politics, as in art, thesphinxis a force of nature that must be overcome.
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The further translation of thesphinxmotif across media creates a network of reciprocal meaning that unites these images.
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Thesphinxis the crux of this formulation, forcing the artist to examine the place of individual observation in artistic creation.
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Composers have to be aware of this: asphinxguards the entrance of every human domain, of every specific discipline.
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The contingency of meaning created by intermediality thus reflects back upon his earlier treatments of thesphinx.
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The only others like this in reasonably regular use aresphinxand sphincter.
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The only other words like this in reasonably regular use aresphinxand sphincter.
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Rather, as a sign of "unanswered problems," thesphinxbrings socialism into the polite drawing room.
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The great libraries and the ingenious systems that support them are the sphinxes of early twentieth century information systems—magnificent, monolithic and obsolete.
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