Hades
英['heidi:z]
美
- n. 冥府；地獄；閻王
中文詞源
Hades 冥王，陰間，冥府
來自希臘語Haides,冥王哈德斯，眾神之王宙斯兄長。引申詞義陰間，冥界。
英文詞源
- Hades
- "god of the dead in Greek mythology;" also the name of his realm, the abode of the dead spirits, 1590s, from Greek Hades, Haides, in Homer the name of the god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. His name is of unknown origin. Perhaps literally "the invisible" [Watkins], from privative prefix a- + idein "to see" (see vision). The name of the god was extended in later Greek writing to his kingdom, also "the grave, death." Related: Hadal (adj.), 1964; Hadean.
雙語例句
- 1. We had a tiny little room which was christened Hades.
- 我們有一個非常小的房間，取名哈得斯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Visitors to Hades often travelled far to the west.
- 去冥府哈得斯的人一般都向西走,去往一個遙遠的地方.
來自神話部分
- 3. Then Orpheus began to play his music and softened Hades'heart.
- 于是奧菲斯開始演奏他的音樂,黑德斯因而心軟.
來自常春藤生活英語雜志-2006年2月號
- 4. Orpheus had lost his soul mate forever because he had broken Hades'essential demand.
- 奧菲斯違背了黑德斯最基本的要求,因而永遠失去了他的精神伴侶.
來自常春藤生活英語雜志-2006年2月號
- 5. Hades was so touched by the music that he decided to let Eurydice go.
- 黑德斯由于受到音樂的感動,于是決定釋放尤麗黛絲.
來自常春藤生活英語雜志-2006年2月號