| 单词 | labyrinth |
| 释义 | labyrinth /lab"euh rinth/, n. 1. an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. 2. a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out. 3. a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings. 4. any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex. 5. (cap.) Class. Myth. a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur. 6. Anat. a. the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion (bony labyrinth) and a membranous portion (membranous labyrinth). b. the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose. 7. a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church. 8. a loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction. [1540-50; < L labyrinthus < Gk labýrinthos; r. earlier laborynt < ML laborintus, L, as above] |
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