| 单词 | cyclops |
| 释义 | cyclops (once / 369354 pages) n WORD FAMILY cyclops: cyclopes, cyclopses USAGE EXAMPLESAs instructed, I pushed the tour button fastened to my jacket through the slot in the mini-bear’s face, creating a cyclops bear. Washington Post(Nov 03, 2016) The opposite affect can also occur, when a head gets so narrow that it collapses in on itself, producing a "cyclops." National Geographic(Nov 01, 2016) Dunn was the white supremacist group's "exalted cyclops," or leader, in Eugene in the 1920s, university President Michael Schill said in a statement. Reuters(Sep 09, 2016) n 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 Syn|Hyper water flea copepod, copepod crustacean minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish Cyclops (once / 16258 pages) n WORD FAMILY Cyclops: Cyclopses USAGE EXAMPLESSome think the ancient myth of a one-eyed Cyclops originated from archaic Greek guilds, where eye-patch wearing blacksmiths practiced their dangerous craft. Los Angeles Times(Nov 10, 2016) Nicknamed Cyclops after tearing out a cellmate’s eyeball, he became a jailhouse legend. Seattle Times(Oct 20, 2016) Nicknamed Cyclops after tearing out a cellmate’s eyeball, he became a jailhouse legend also known as the beast of Angola. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) n (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead Hyper giant an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales |
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