medusa
medusa — 名詞
1. In Greek mythology, the only mortal sister among the three Gorgons — a monster w
美杜莎
希臘神話中被珀爾修斯斬首的蛇髮女妖
In Greek mythology, the only mortal sister among the three Gorgons — a monster with living snakes for hair whose gaze could turn anyone who looked at her into stone, finally killed by the hero Perseus.
Perseus used his shiny shield as a mirror to avoid looking straight at Medusa.
珀爾修斯用他閃亮的盾牌當作鏡子，避免直視美杜莎。
classical myth narrative: shield used as mirror
Haruto drew Medusa with pointed fangs and green snakes coiling from her scalp.
晴人畫了美杜莎，她長著尖牙，綠色的蛇從頭皮上盤繞而出。
Ananya read aloud the part where Medusa's severed neck gave birth to Pegasus.
阿娜雅大聲朗讀美杜莎被斬斷的脖子生出飛馬佩加索斯的那一段。
A marble statue of Perseus holding Medusa's severed head stands in the town square.
廣場上矗立著一座珀爾修斯高舉美杜莎頭顱的大理石雕像。
Ingrid dressed as Medusa for Halloween, with rubber snakes pinned tightly into her hair.
英格麗在萬聖節打扮成美杜莎，把橡膠蛇緊緊別在頭髮上。
contemporary cultural reference: Halloween costume
- Medusa's head
- Medusa's gaze
- the myth of Medusa
- slay Medusa
- Gorgon
Gorgon is the broader category; Medusa is one specific Gorgon, the only mortal one
常見錯誤
2. The umbrella-shaped, free-swimming adult stage of a jellyfish or related sea cre
水母體
刺絲胞動物生命週期中的傘狀自由游泳階段
The umbrella-shaped, free-swimming adult stage of a jellyfish or related sea creature, during which the animal reproduces sexually — distinct from the earlier polyp stage that stays fixed to a surface.
A single medusa drifted beneath the pier, its clear bell pulsing in the morning sun.
一隻水母體漂到碼頭下方，透明的傘狀體在晨光中輕輕搏動。
singular countable noun: a medusa
Chiamaka spotted a tiny medusa washed up on the wet sand after high tide.
奇亞瑪卡發現一隻小水母體被沖上退潮後的濕沙灘。
The medusae filled the bay in late summer, their stingers brushing swimmers' bare legs.
夏末時節，水母體擠滿了海灣，牠們的刺絲拂過泳客裸露的雙腿。
plural form: medusae
Under the lens, the young medusa looked like a crystal bell with fine threads trailing below.
在透鏡下，年輕的水母體看起來像一盞水晶鐘，底下拖著細細的絲線。
When the water warms, each polyp releases dozens of tiny medusae into the open sea.
當水溫升高時，每個水螅體會釋放出幾十個微小的水母體進入開闊海域。
life-cycle context: polyp releases medusae
- medusa stage
- medusa form
- medusa buds
- free-swimming medusa
- polyp
the attached, tube-shaped asexual stage in the same life cycle
用法筆記
Distinguish from jellyfish: jellyfish is the common name for the whole animal; medusa refers specifically to the free-swimming sexual phase in the cnidarian life cycle. The plural is medusae or medusas.
常見錯誤
同根字
- medusan形容詞C2
- medusoid形容詞C2
- Gorgon名詞B2
- gorgonian形容詞C2