单词 | sphinx-like |
释义 | ˈsphinx-like, a. [f. prec.] Resembling (that of) the Sphinx; esp. enigmatical, mysterious, inscrutable, insoluble.
1837[Miss Maitland] Lett. Madras (1843) 136 She was an immense creature, but young, and rather a good sphinx-like face. 1839Bailey Festus 137 The sphinx-like heart..Loathes life the moment that life's riddle is read. 1885‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iv, ‘I know nothing. I have seen very little. I suspect every thing.’ ‘What a sphinx-like reply.’ |

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