“Icarus”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Icarus

释义

Icarus Gr. Myth.|ˈɪkərəs|
The name of the son of Dædalus, who attempted to fly by means of artificial wings fastened with wax (see Icarian a.¹): used allusively.
[1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 53, I feare..in the height of my thoughts soaring too high, to fall with wofull repenting Icarus.]1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vi. 56 Then follow thou thy desp'rate Syre of Creet, Thou Icarus, thy Life to me is sweet.Ibid. vii. 16 There di'de My Icarus, my Blossome, in his pride.1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. I3^v, These insolent fancies are but Icarus feathers, whose wanton waxe melted against the sun.1694D'Urfey Don Quix. ii. Ep. Ded. sig. A1^v, The roving Icarus in Poetry, By you is levell'd, when he soars too high.1924B. Russell (title) Icarus, or, The future of science.1931Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 714/2 Much that he [sc. D'Annunzio] has given is not pure gold, but decorative lumber comparable to the ill-assorted trophies of the Vittoriale from which, an Icarus who has ceased to fly, he makes well-calculated sallies.

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