sphinx
英 [sfɪŋks] 美 [sfɪŋks]

n.

[埃]狮身人面[鹰头，羊头]巨象；

变形

复数：sphinxes

英英释义

sphinx[ sfiŋks ]

• n.
  • an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
  • (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
  • 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

词组短语

the great sphinx（古埃及）狮身人面像

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
   雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近。
2. She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.
   她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像。
3. The Great Sphinx faces east and houses a small temple between its paws.
   大狮身人面像面朝东方，爪子之间建有一座小的寺庙。
4. I've always found her rather sphinx-like.
   我总觉得她像个谜一样，难以捉摸。
5. It's as vexing as the riddle of the Sphinx.
   这个问题和司芬克思谜一样令人费解。
6. As the puzzle, like the Sphinx, it is difficult to answer!
   这谜题却如同斯芬克斯的问题,想找答案难上加难!

权威例句

The SPHINX-II Speech Recognition System: An Overview
Sphinx-4: a flexible open source framework for speech recognition
SPHINX: a framework for creating personal, site-specific Web crawlers
SPHINX: a framework for creating personal, site-specific Web crawlers
An Overview of the SPHINX Speech Recognition System
An overview of the SPHINX-II speech recognition system
An overview of the SPHINX-II speech recognition system
Automatic Speech Recognition: The Development of the Sphinx Recognition System
Large-vocabulary speaker-independent continuous speech recognition: the sphinx system
Large-vocabulary speaker-independent continuous speech recognition: the sphinx system