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tantalus是什么意思

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tantalus 是什么意思

名词复数:tantaluses   

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
〔英国〕(初看似可随意取用、实则有暗锁的)玻璃酒柜。
Tantalus (, Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink.

例句与用法

1.Cold fowl , cigars , the tantalus glasses . heart of gold really
马特确实有着一颗金子般的心。

2.What unforseen events might not open his prison door , and restore him to liberty ? then he raised to his lips the repast that , like a voluntary tantalus , he refused himself ; but he thought of his oath , and he would not break it
他本来自愿做丹达露斯,自动绝食的,现在想到这里,便把食物送到了唇边但他又想起了他的誓言,他天性高尚,深怕食言会有损于自己的人格。

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