ephialtes

解释

• n. (Ephialtes)人名；(希)埃菲阿尔特斯

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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.

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例句和用法

1. I am Ephialtes, born of Sparta.

我叫厄菲阿尔特, 出生在斯巴达.

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