nepenthe

nepenthe

美 [n?'penθ?] 　英 [n?'penθ?]

• n.〈詩〉(古希臘傳說中的)忘憂藥
• 網絡使人忘憂的東西；忘憂草；使人忘憂之物

詞形變化

復數：nepenthes  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 〈詩〉(古希臘傳說中的)忘憂藥

英英解釋

n.	1. a supposed substance that people took in ancient times to forget their sadness or troubles, or the plant that produced the substance 2. something that eases pain or makes people forget their troubles

例句

When it was viewed from a distance the island of Nepenthe looked like a cloud.

從遠處眺望時，尼彭西島就象一朵云。

Viewed from a distance, the island of Nepenthe looked like a cloud.

從遠處眺望，尼彭西島就像一朵云。

The ancient Greeks, when brand-new democracy got too much for them, knew the calming oblivion of eating the lotus or sipping nepenthe.

當古希臘人被新興的民主弄得不勝其煩之時，就知道吃睡蓮或吮吸忘憂草來尋求鎮靜，忘卻煩惱。