Achilles
USə'kılız
معنی فارسی
اشيل يا اخليوس قهرمان داستان ايلياد هومر
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ǝ kil´ēz´/
● (اساطیر یونان) آشیل (قهرمان حماسهی ((ایلیاد)) اثر هومر)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Greek 'Achilleus', possibly meaning 'pain' or 'lament'.
مثال
- Achilles is a central character in Homer's Iliad.
- The term 'Achilles' heel' comes from the myth of Achilles, who was invulnerable except for his heel.
- Achilles was the greatest warrior of the Greeks during the Trojan War.
ترکیبهای رایج
Achilles' heel Achilles tendon Achilles in the Iliad Achilles in battle
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'