according to epic tradition, the hollow wooden horse in which Greeks were concealed to enter Troy; figurative a person, device, etc., insinuated…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > purporting to be gift (4) Trojan horse1574 according to epic tradition, the hollow wooden horse in which Greeks were concealed to enter Troy; figurative a person, device, etc., insinuated… wooden horse1622 wooden horse n. The wooden figure of a horse (ἵππος δουράτεος, Odyssey viii. 492, 512) in which the Greek invaders were concealed at the siege of… Grecian horse1802 the wooden horse by means of which Troy was captured. Greek gift1885 a gift covering some act of treachery, with allusion to Virgil Æn. ii. 49, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. |
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