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单词 Pillars of Hercules
释义

Herculean /hûr-kū-lēˈən or -kūˈli-ən/

adjective
  1. Relating to or associated with Hercules/hûrˈkū-lēz/ (Greek Hēraklēs)
  2. (without cap) extremely difficult or dangerous, as the twelve labours of Hercules
  3. (without cap) of extraordinary strength and size

Hercules beetle noun

  1. A gigantic S American lamellicorn beetle (Dynastes hercules), over 6 inches long, with a long horn on the thorax of the male and a smaller one on the head
  2. (loosely) a related species, such as the Dynastes gideon of SE Asia

Hercules' choice noun

Toil and duty chosen in preference to ease and pleasure (from a famous story in Xenophon's Memorabilia)

Hercules' club noun

  1. A stick of great size and weight
  2. A West Indian tree (genus Xanthoxylum)
  3. A kind of gourd
  4. A species of Aralia

Pillars of Hercules

Two rocks flanking the entrance to the Mediterranean at the Strait of Gibraltar

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