معنی فارسی sphinxes
B2اسپینکس موجودی افسانه ای است که معمولاً بدنی به شکل شیر و سر انسانی دارد و در فرهنگ‌های مختلف به عنوان نماد حکمت و معما شناخته می‌شود.
Mythical creatures with a lion's body and a human head, often associated with riddles and mysteries.
- noun
- verb
A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic person.
A mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx, formerly classified a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
A sphinx moth.
A sphincter.
To decorate with sphinxes
a marble sphinxed chimney-piece
To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
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.
To be inscrutable, often through silence
(1900) The sphinxèd riddle of the Universe / Nature's unsolved enigma, who may prove?
To make one guess at the unknowable
(1933) Perhaps Nature is sphinxing us on purpose. Whatever her objects may be, perhaps she gets her work done better when she appeals to our gambling instincts. If you knew for certain exactly how your marriage was going to turn out ...
To befuddle
(2010) She swiveled and sphinxed Giles. 'And you, I suppose you've never been here either?' Giles squirmed. 'Well, I – that is, Miss Wh—, I mean, Miss Taylor, I –' He looked to me for rescue.
For the feminine to co-opt, dominate, or devour the masculine, especially from a paranoid fear of this happening
(1986) modernism's fears of being sphinxed by a feminized mass culture
اسپینکس‌های مصر به خاطر ظاهر اسرارآمیزشان معروف هستند.
The Sphinxes of Egypt are famous for their mysterious appearance.
اسپینکس‌ها اغلب نمایانگر موجودی با بدن شیر و سر انسان هستند.
Sphinxes often represent a creature with a lion's body and a human head.
معنی فارسی کلمه sphinxes
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اسپینکس موجودی افسانه ای است که معمولاً بدنی به شکل شیر و سر انسانی دارد و در فرهنگ‌های مختلف به عنوان نماد حکمت و معما شناخته می‌شود.
