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ephialtes的意思

ephialtes

  • n. (Ephialtes)人名;(希)埃菲阿尔特斯

ephialtes

英文词源


ephialtes (n.)
nightmare or demon that causes nightmares, c. 1600, from Greek Ephialtes, name of a demon supposed to cause nightmares; the ancient explanation is that it was from ephallesthai "to leap upon," which suits the sense, but OED finds "considerable" phonological difficulties with this.

双语例句


1. I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta.
我叫厄菲阿尔特, 出生在斯巴达.

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