maenad

英 ['miːnæd] 美
  • n. 酒神巴克斯的女祭司;暴怒的女人

英英释义


1. an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
2. (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus

实用场景例句


The maenad on the right is playing a tambourine.
而神像右边的女祭司正演奏著小手鼓.

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双语例句


1. The maenad on the right is playing a tambourine.
而神像右边的女祭司正演奏著小手鼓.

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英文词源


maenad
maenad: see mania
maenad (n.)
"Bacchante," 1570s, from Greek mainas (genitive mainados) "priestess of Bacchus," literally "madwoman," from stem of mainesthai "to rage, go mad" (see mania).