Scylla
基本解釋
- n.[希神]斯庫拉(六頭女妖)
英漢例句
- A whirlpool off the Sicilian coast, personified as a ship-devouring sea monster and located opposite the cave of Scylla.
卡律布狄斯漩渦西西里海岸附近的一個(gè)漩渦,位于希拉洞穴的對(duì)面,被擬人化為一個(gè)吞噬船只的海怪 - Pete would have preferred to be on good terms with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis.
彼得何嘗不想跟妻子和母親都和睦相處呢,可是他試圖討得一方歡心而不致觸怒另一方的努力就像在拉巖石礁和卡律布狄斯大旋渦之間行舟一樣,真是左也不得,右也不行。