cyclops
UKsaiklɔps
US'saık'lɔps
معنی فارسی
غول يا پهلوان يک چشم.
معنی کامل و مثالها
/sī´kläps´/n., pl.
● (اسطورهی یونان) سیکلاپ (هریک از غولهای یک چشم به ویژه غولی که به دست اودیسوس کور شد)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Greek word 'kyklops' meaning 'round-eyed'.
مثال
- Polyphemus is one of the most famous Cyclops in Greek mythology.
- The Cyclops were known for their strength and ferocity in battle.
- Odysseus encountered the Cyclops during his journey back to Ithaca.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms
noun
- (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead