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单词 scylla
释义 scyl·la
\ˈsilə\ noun
(-s)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Scylla (now Scilla), headland on the Italian coast projecting into the Strait of Messina opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the Sicilian coast, from Latin, from Greek Skylla
: a destructive peril — usually used as the alternative to Charybdis
 < the Scylla of incomprehensibility and the Charybdis of inaccuracy have both been avoided — Times Literary Supplement >
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