leviathan

英 [lɪ'vaɪəθ(ə)n] 美 [lə'vaɪəθən]
  • n. 海中怪兽；庞然大物；巨轮
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中文词源

leviathan 利维坦（圣经中的怪物）

来自希伯来语livyathan，龙，蛇，海怪。

英语词源

leviathan (n.)
late 14c., "sea monster, sea serpent," also regarded as a form of Satan, from Late Latin leviathan, from Hebrew livyathan "dragon, serpent, huge sea animal," of unknown origin, perhaps related to liwyah "wreath," from root l-w-h- "to wind, turn, twist." Of powerful persons or things from c. 1600. Hobbes's use is from 1651.

权威例句

1. the leviathan of government bureaucracy
政府庞大的官僚机构

来自《权威词典》

2. Democracy survived the Civil War and the developing industrial leviathan and struggled on into the twentieth century.
民主经历了内战和庞大工业体系的逐渐兴起仍然幸存了下来，并且艰难挺进了20世纪。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Creates a thick armor shell around Leviathan that protects him against attacks.
潮汐猎人生出厚实的盔甲,帮助他抵御攻击.

来自互联网

4. Total systems failure . Defense protocols breached. Leviathan UnIt'shutting down.
体系宕机. 防御部分被损坏.烈焰海兽关机.

来自互联网

5. The colossal sub was a wall of steel, an atomic leviathan.
这样的庞然巨物往那一横,简直就是一堵钢铁之墙, 一头原子海怪.

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