cyclops
A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythologyA one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
» How many eyes had the Cyclops?
Wie viele Augen hatte der Zyklop?
Сколько глаз было у Циклопа?
Значение
значений: 5(Greek, Roman)A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
Zyklop, Kyklop
цикло́пciklóp, кикло́пkiklóp
(Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
A one-eyed creature of any species.
(пренебрежительное)A person with only one working eye.
Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.
A small magnifying lens in the crystal of a watch to aid in reading the date.
Примеры
предложений: 8How many eyes had the Cyclops?
Сколько глаз было у Циклопа?
deWie viele Augen hatte der Zyklop?
The cyclopes were shepherds and lived in caves.
Polyphemus is the most known among the cyclopes.
The cyclopes lived in caves.
Three Cyclopes forged Jupiter's lightning bolts.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops ['round eyes']”)Borrowed from Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops ['round eyes']”). The sense for copepods is a semantic loan from translingual Cyclops.
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Формы
мн. число: cyclops / cyclopes / cyclopsesСинонимы
синонимов: 1- minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms:water flea