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sphinx

C1 verb

sphinx /ˈsfɪŋks/ nghĩa là trang trí bằng tượng nhân sư

Các nghĩa

  1. trang trí bằng tượng nhân sư

    To decorate with sphinxes.

    transitive

    a marble sphinxed chimney-piece

  2. tạo dáng nhân sư

    To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.

    intransitive · transitive

    A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.

    Several animals maintained either a crouched … or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)

  3. khó hiểu, kín đáo

    To be inscrutable, often through silence.

    intransitive · transitive

    The sphinxèd riddle of the Universe, Nature's unsolved enigma, who may prove?

  4. cư xử như nhân sư

    To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.

    intransitive

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