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单词 Stygian
释义
StygianSty‧gi‧an /ˈstɪdʒiən/ adjective [usually before noun] literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINStygian
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin stygius, from Greek, from Styx river in ancient Greek stories which people cross over when they die
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Stygian caverns
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • No green flash, nothing, and the sky above fading from blue through green to the beginning of Stygian darkness.
  • She lowered her head and entered the Stygian darkness.
  • We navigated the Stygian gloom of the corridor arm in arm like a quaint, old-fashioned couple.
unpleasantly dark, and making you feel nervous or afraid:  the Stygian gloom
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