enigma
- 英式英标[ɪ\'nɪgmə]
- 美式音标[ɪ\'nɪgmə]
中文词源
enigma 费解的事物
来自希腊语ainos，说故事，讲谜语。
英文词源
- enigma
- enigma: [16] Enigma comes, via Latin, from Greek aínigma ‘riddle, obscure statement’. This was a derivative of the verb ainíssesthai ‘talk in riddles’, which in turn came from the noun ainos ‘tale, story’. Its modern English use for ‘something puzzling’ dates from the early 17th century.
- enigma (n.)
- 1530s, "statement which conceals a hidden meaning or known thing under obscure words or forms," earlier enigmate (mid-15c.), from Latin aenigma "riddle," from Greek ainigma (plural ainigmata) "a dark saying, riddle," from ainissesthai "speak obscurely, speak in riddles," from ainos "tale, story; saying, proverb;" according to Liddell & Scott, a poetic and Ionic word, of unknown origin. General sense in English of "anything inexplicable to an observer" is from c. 1600.
中文解释
英格玛(Enigma)是来自德国的神秘主义电子乐队，他们的音乐总会带给人深奥奇妙的感觉。其中的人声也非常美妙：女声亮丽动人，如夜莺一般悦耳；男声低沉隐约，令人着迷。乐队的音乐取材也非常广泛，源于世界各地。是新音乐风格的代表。Enigma源自于希腊文，英语解释为“谜，不可思议的东西”，因此很多国内听众甚至媒体将Enigma称之为“谜乐团”或者“英格玛乐团”。英格玛的核心创作者是Michael Cretu，也是Enigma系列的幕后制作人。1. 谐音“伊犁个谜啊”---伊犁是一个谜一样的地方啊！2. 谐音“疑你个谜啊、忆你个谜啊、伊莉个谜啊”---伊莉个是一个谜一样的人啊！
实用例句
- 1. Iran remains an enigma for the outside world.
- 对于外界而言，伊朗仍是个谜。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
- 俄罗斯是被包藏在一个闷葫芦里面的神秘物体之中的谜.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It is an enigma to me.
- 它对我来说是个迷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. To German intelligence, Major de Coverley was a vexatious enigma.
- 对德国的情报机关来说, 德?科弗利少校是个老猜不透的谜.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Historically they proved to be an enigma.
- 历史证明它仍然是个谜团.
来自辞典例句