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ephialtes的意思
ephialtes
- n. (Ephialtes)人名；(希)埃菲阿尔特斯
英文词源
- ephialtes (n.)
- nightmare or demon that causes nightmares, c. 1600, from Greek Ephialtes, name of a demon supposed to cause nightmares; the ancient explanation is that it was from ephallesthai "to leap upon," which suits the sense, but OED finds "considerable" phonological difficulties with this.
双语例句
- 1. I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta.
- 我叫厄菲阿尔特, 出生在斯巴达.
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