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tantalus

C2 noun

tantalus /ˈtæntələs/ nghĩa là cò Tantalus, cò gỗ Mỹ

Các nghĩa

  1. cò Tantalus, cò gỗ Mỹ

    A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.

  2. giá khóa rượu (có khóa nhưng nhìn thấy chai)

    A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.

    Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest.

    And stockrooms heavy with the Tantalus on which the family fortune has been made

  3. vật khó nắm bắt, vật hấp dẫn nhưng không với tới

    Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.

    Over all, there brooded the shadow of his injuries and the tantalus of their slow healing.

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