c. 1600, "Odyssey," from Latin Odyssea, from Greek Odysseia, name of the Homeric epic poem of ancient Greece, relating the ten-year wanderings of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the Trojan War. Figurative sense of "long, adventurous journey" is first recorded 1889.
实用例句
1. The Odyssey tells what happened to the Greek heroes after the sack of Troy.
《奥德赛》讲述的是在特洛伊被洗劫一空之后发生在希腊英雄们身上的故事。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Note how Telemachus in the Odyssey silences his mother.
只要读一下《奥德赛》,就可以看到特里曼珠是怎样打断他母亲的话并要求她缄默.
来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
3. The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.
去特拉夫尼克的这段路是长达16小时艰险旅行的最后一程。
来自辞典例句
4. His odyssey of passion, friendship, love, and revenge was now finished.
他的热情 、 友谊 、 爱情和复仇的漫长历程,到此结束了.
来自辞典例句
5. Odysseus's heroic exploits are celebrated in ` The Odyssey '.