| 释义 |
il·i·ad
\ˈilēəd also -ēˌad\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: from the Iliad, ancient Greek epic poem dealing with the siege of Troy and attributed to Homer, from Latin Iliad-, Ilias, from Greek Iliad-, Ilias, literally, of Ilium, from Ilion Troy
1. : a long narrative; especially : an epic in the Homeric tradition
< the farmer has inspired no ringing saga or iliad — Scribner's >
2.
a. : a series of martial exploits regarded as suitable for epic commemoration
< who leaving his glad school days … joined England's bitter Iliad — Margaret Wilson >
b. : a series of miseries or disasters
< opens another Iliad of woes to Europe — Edmund Burke > |