eumenides
[ju:'menidi:z]
- n. 欧墨尼得斯（即复仇三女神）
英英释义
- 1. (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
英文词源
- Eumenides
- Greek, literally "the well-minded ones," a euphemism of the Erinys; see eu- "well, good;" second element from Greek menos "spirit, passion," from PIE *men-es-, suffixed form of *men- (1) "to think" (see mind (n.)).