harpy是什么意思

harpy

英 ['hɑ?p?] 美 ['hɑrpi]

harpy 鳥(niǎo)身女妖

一種希臘神話中的人頭鳥(niǎo)身女妖，字面意思為掠食者，劫掠者，來(lái)自PIE*rep,抓住，撕開(kāi)，詞源同rip,rob,rupture.拼寫(xiě)比較其同源詞usurp.

harpy (n.): winged monster of ancient mythology, late 14c., from Old French harpie (14c.), from Latin harpyia, from Greek Harpyia (plural), literally "snatchers," which is probably related to harpazein "to snatch" (see rapid (adj.)). Metaphoric extension to "repulsively greedy person" is c. 1400.
In Homer they are merely personified storm winds, who were believed to have carried off any person that had suddenly disappeared. In Hesiod they are fair-haired and winged maidens who surpass the winds in swiftness, and are called Aello and Ocypete; but in later writers they are represented as disgusting monsters, with heads like maidens, faces pale with hunger, and claws like those of birds. The harpies ministered to the gods as the executors of vengeance. ["American Cyclop?dia," 1874]

1. To their utter amazement, this seeming harpy spoke to them.: 叫他們大吃一驚的是, 這個(gè)看來(lái)象個(gè)鳥(niǎo)身女妖的東西竟跟他們說(shuō)起話來(lái).

2. The Harpy is a unique weapon system with features of both UAV and cruise missile.: “哈比”是一種具有UAV和巡航導(dǎo)彈特征的一種獨(dú)特的武器系統(tǒng).

3. A moustached man unwittingly saves a harpy from being drowned in a fountain.: 一個(gè)留著八字胡的男人無(wú)意間在噴泉里救了一個(gè)鳥(niǎo)身女妖.