sphinx

The cat just sat there, sphinx-like and mysterious.

猫坐在那里，如狮身人面像般的神秘。

to solve the riddle of the Sphinx

解开斯芬克斯之谜

I heard the Sphinx, but I did not understand.

我听到了斯蒂芬斯的话, 却不懂得.

I. Comparisons to a Living Creature ( i . e . , the Sphinx riddle )

1.比作某种生物 ( 如斯芬克司谜 )

She was the picture of a serene and exquisite but impenetrable sphinx.

她看上去就象一尊非常安详精致、但又高深莫测的狮身人面像.

By the sphinx, you will reach seventh heaven, Sir Robert!

在斯芬克斯神的帮助下, 你一定可以到达第七天堂的, 罗伯特先生!

Atop Athena's helmet, between winged griffins, crouched an inscrutable sphinx.

在雅典娜头盔的上方 、 于带翼的狮身鹰首兽之间, 蹲伏着一头神秘难测的狮身人史芬克斯.

The figures are found all over the world in different forms, but they are most commonly linked with Egypt, which features the most famous example in the form of the Great Sphinx of Giza.

世界各地都发现了这类雕像，形态各异。然而说到狮身人面像，人们主要想到的还是埃及，那里有最著名的狮身人面像。

I've always found her rather sphinx-like.

我总觉得她像个谜一样,难以捉摸.

As you summit a massive sand dune, you catch the first glimpse of the Great Pyramid, flanked by two smaller pyramids and the infamous stone-faced sphinx. Now, the reality.

登上大沙丘之巅，终于目睹了雄伟的吉萨大金字塔（the Great Pyramid），两座护卫在侧的小金字塔，当然还有神话中恶贯满盈的斯芬克斯石像。

The team spent more than three weeks in the western German city of Duisburg working on the 16.68 metre ( 54.72 feet) artwork, which included a sandy replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza, Venice's Rialto Bridge and the graveside of Elvis Presley.

这个雕塑家团队花费了三周多的时间，在德国西部城市杜伊斯堡建造了这一16.68米（54.72英尺）高的艺术作品，其中包括吉萨大狮身人面像，威尼斯里亚托桥和埃尔维斯·普雷斯利墓地的沙质复制品。

Were you there when the Pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx?

当法老王打造人面狮身时你在那儿 吗 ?

The Great Sphinx is located in Egypt on the Giza plateau, about six miles west of Cairo.

狮身人面像位于埃及的加扎高原，首都开罗以西大约6里。

As the puzzle , like the Sphinx, it is difficult to answer!

这谜题却如同斯芬克斯的问题, 想找答案难上加难!

The Majestically-holding Sphinx : A View on " My Ah Q "

雄踞的斯芬克斯: 论 “ 我的阿Q ”

The lion was a monster sphinx which was astray like them in that gulf of darkness.

这只狮子是个丑怪的斯芬克斯,跟他们一样迷失在这黑暗的深渊里.

The Great Sphinx of Giza appears to be no different.

吉萨的古埃及狮身人面像好像没什么不同。

This theory has few modern adherents, but if true it would mean the Great Sphinx of Giza is even more mysterious than previously believed.

现代人很少有人支持这一理论，但如果事实果真如此，这将意味着狮身人面像要比我们之前想象的还要神秘。

The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.

雄伟的金字塔和狮身人面像就在附近

Tongue Twister J _ K _ L Just think, that sphinx has a sphincter that stinks!

试想想, 那个狮身人面像的括约肌发臭了!

That we should finally learn from this Sphinx to ask questions , too?

最后我们若产生怀疑,失去耐心,或不耐烦地走开, 你会惊奇 吗 ?

Despite its reputation as one of the most famous monuments of antiquity, there is still very little known about the Great Sphinx of Giza.

尽管狮身人面像作为世界上最古老的雕像之一而享誉世界，但是世人对它仍知之甚少。

Of course the site that is most synonymous with the image of Egypt is the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Giza.

毋庸置疑，最具埃及风格的是大金字塔和吉萨的斯芬克斯（Sphinx，带翼的狮身女怪）。

We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.

我们出发去看金字塔和狮身人面像。

Previously, they did use an open source search server, called Sphinx.

一开始，他们使用的是一个开源的搜索服务器，叫Sphinx。

It suited him to play the sphinx.

让他演神秘莫测的人很合适。

The Carnegie Mellon University Sphinx project creates open source speech-recognition tools for developers and users.

卡内基梅隆大学的Sphinx项目为开发人员和用户创建了开源语音识别工具。

It's possible Merian used a magnifying glass to capture the detail of the split tongues of sphinx moths depicted in the painting.

有可能梅里安使用了放大镜来捕捉画中所描绘的斯芬克斯飞蛾的裂舌细节。

Did the Sphinx give Oedipus a clue?

斯芬尼克斯给俄狄浦斯线索了 吗 ?

I. Comparisons to a Living Creature ( i. e., the Sphinx riddle) 1.

比作某种生物（如斯芬克司谜）来自英汉非文学-民俗