stygian

• adj. 阴暗的，幽暗的；地狱的

来自拉丁语 Stygius,来自希腊语 Stygios,来自 Styx,古希腊神话中的冥河。引申词义阴森的， 可怖的。

Stygian (adj.)

"pertaining to Styx or the nether world," 1560s, from Latin Stygius, from Greek Stygios, from Styx (genitive Stygos); see Styx.

1. I'll explore a stygian cave.

我要去一个阴森森的山洞探险。

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2. A power failure at 11:03 P . M. plunged the city into Stygian blackness.

晚上十一时三分停电, 使全市陷入阴森森的黑暗中.

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3. Inman: are every that keeps me from sliding into whatever Stygian place.

英曼: 你一直在帮助我不让我滑进某些黑暗的地方.

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1. hellish;

"Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn"- Milton

2. dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades;

"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"

"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth

A power failure at 11:03 P . M. plunged the city into Stygian blackness.

晚上十一时三分停电, 使全市陷入阴森森的黑暗中.

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Inman: are every that keeps me from sliding into whatever Stygian place.

英曼: 你一直在帮助我不让我滑进某些黑暗的地方.

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