“briareus”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

briareus

释义

briareus|braɪˈɛərɪəs, ˈbraɪər(j)uːs|
Proper name of a hundred-handed giant of Greek mythology; sometimes used connotatively.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. ii. 30 A gowtie Briareus, many hands and no vse.1852Tupper Proverb. Philos. 310 She with the might of a Briareus, is dragging down the clouds upon the mountain.
Hence Briarean |-ˈiːən, -ˈɛərɪən|, of or relating to Briareus; hundred-handed. Also quasi-n.
1599Marston Satires, Shape-changing Proteans, damn'd Briareans.1820Byron Mar. Fal. i. ii. 268 Could I not shatter the Briarean sceptre Which in this hundred-handed senate rules?1883Proctor Myst. Time & Sp. 57.

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