sphinx
A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lionA creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
» Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
Галкам нравится мой большой кварцевый сфинкс.
Значение
значений: 5A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
Sphinx
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one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
(переносно)A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
Sphinx
an inscrutable person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret
(устаревшее)A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
A sphinx moth.
(эвфемизм, редкое)A sphincter.
Примеры
предложений: 13Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
Галкам нравится мой большой кварцевый сфинкс.
The Sphinx began to walk around him.
Suddenly, the Sphinx raised its head.
Внезапно сфинкс поднял голову.
dePlötzlich hob die Sphinx ihren Kopf.
What happened to the Sphinx's nose?
Что случилось с носом Сфинкса?
deWas ist mit der Nase des Sphinx geschehen?
The Sphinx is the largest statue in Egypt.
Сфинкс - самая большая статуя в Египте.
deDer Sphinx ist die größte Statue in Ägypten.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Sphinx, from Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (SphínFrom Sphinx, from Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).
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