sphinxes
- n.斯芬克斯，狮身人面像(古埃及石像;在希腊神话中，斯芬克斯说话惯用谜语)
- sphinx的复数
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N-COUNT 斯芬克斯，狮身人面像(古埃及人建造于金字塔旁的巨大雕像，神话中传说它会出谜语来为难人);神秘的人;令人困惑不解的人
The Sphinx is a large ancient statue of a creature with a human head and a lion's body that stands near the pyramids in Egypt. In mythology, sphinxes gave people puzzles to solve, and so a person who is mysterious or puzzling is sometimes referred to as a sphinx .It suited him to play the sphinx.
让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。
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The distribution of the sphinxes ranges from 1-4 forest types and the population density for the species of wide range of ecological distribution is also high .
各种天蛾分布范围，有1至4个森林植被类型不等，凡生态分布宽的种类，其种群虫口数量亦大。
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Sphinxes are massive stone statues that depict the body of a reclining lion with the head and face of a human .
斯芬克斯（也称狮身人面像）是一些巨石雕像，它们有着倾斜的狮身和人的头像。
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The walls were hung with tapestries from Norvos and Qohor and Lys , and a pair of Valyrian sphinxes flanked the door , eyes of polished garnet smoldering in black marble faces .
墙壁上则挂满了诺佛斯、科霍尔和里斯产的精美织锦。门两侧是一对瓦雷利亚的狮身人面兽雕像，圆润的红榴石双眼在黑色大理石的脸上显得炯炯有神。
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And now came the hymns of priests , the dance of savages , accompanied by the noise of drums , and of the wooden tuba . Egypt 's cloud-aspiring pyramids , overthrown pillars , and sphinxes sailed by .
高入云霄的埃及金字塔、倾颓的柱子和人面狮身雕像都一一从船只的旁边掠过去了。