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Damocles

音標['d?m?kli:z] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 達摩克利斯

英文解釋:

名詞 damocles:

  1. the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

詳細解釋:


Dam.o.cles

NONE(無詞性)
Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who according to legend was forced to sit at a banquet table under a sword suspended by a single hair to demonstrate the precariousness of a king`s fortunes.
達摩克利斯:希臘傳說中的敘拉古國王狄奧尼西奧斯的朝臣,據傳說其被迫坐在上懸寶劍的餐桌旁,寶劍由一根頭髮系住,以此來暗示君王命運的多危

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