hydra

英 ['haɪdrə] 美 ['haɪdrə]

• n. （希腊神话中的）九头蛇；难以根除之祸害；水螅
• Hydra.
• n. 长蛇星座

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 难以根除之祸害
2. 【希神】九头蛇
3. 水蛇
4. 难以一下根绝的祸害
5. 大患
6. 不断产生困难的问题
7. 【动】水螅
8. 【天】长蛇座
9. 难于根除的祸患
10. 长蛇（星）座

英英释义

Noun:

1. (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones;

   "Hydra was slain by Hercules"
   

2. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

3. trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality;

   "we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
   

4. small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This beast is Hydra, it has terrorized my seas for far too long.
   这个怪兽就是九头蛇,它威胁我的海洋已经很久了。
2. That's weird, that rope comes out of a hydra neck? I can't even reach it!
   真怪异
3. We may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution.
   我们也许正面临一个无法轻易解决的难题。
4. The bodies of the hydra and sea anemone can produce buds.
   水螅和海葵的身体能产生芽。

经典引文

• They are the hydra assailants which return with every hour.

  出自： M. Robinson

词汇搭配

• hydra （希腊神话中的）九头...

近反义词

【近义词】

• snake 蛇