lotus-eater
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-ēt´ǝr/n.
● (در ((اودیسه)) اثر هومر) یکی از کسانی که لوتوس خوردند و نشئه شدند
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Greek mythology, where the lotus-eaters were a race of people who lived on an island and ate the fruit of the lotus plant, causing them to forget their homes and duties.
مثال
- After retiring, he became a lotus-eater, spending his days lounging by the pool.
- The novel portrays the protagonist as a lotus-eater, detached from reality.
- Beware of becoming a lotus-eater and losing sight of your goals.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- someone indifferent to the busy world “in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence”