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单词 Tithonus
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Definition of Tithonus in English:

Tithonus

proper nountɪˈθəʊnəstīˈTHōnəs
Greek Mythology
  • A Trojan prince with whom the goddess Aurora fell in love. She asked Zeus to make him immortal but omitted to ask for eternal youth, and he became very old and decrepit although he talked perpetually. Tithonus prayed her to remove him from this world and she changed him into a grasshopper, which chirps ceaselessly.

    〔希腊神话〕提托诺斯(特洛伊王子,女神奥罗拉爱上了他,请求宙斯让他长生不死,但却忘了请求让他永葆青春,于是他成了一个年老体衰但却喋喋不休的人;提托诺斯恳求奥罗拉让他离开这个尘世,她就把他变成了一只不停地发出啁啾声的蚱蜢)

Rhymes

bonus, Cronus, Jonas, lowness, onus

Definition of Tithonus in US English:

Tithonus

proper nountīˈTHōnəs
Greek Mythology
  • A Trojan prince with whom the goddess Aurora fell in love. She asked Zeus to make him immortal but omitted to ask for eternal youth, and he became very old and decrepit although he talked perpetually. Tithonus begged her to remove him from this world, and she changed him into a grasshopper, which chirps ceaselessly.

    〔希腊神话〕提托诺斯(特洛伊王子,女神奥罗拉爱上了他,请求宙斯让他长生不死,但却忘了请求让他永葆青春,于是他成了一个年老体衰但却喋喋不休的人;提托诺斯恳求奥罗拉让他离开这个尘世,她就把他变成了一只不停地发出啁啾声的蚱蜢)

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