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Aegis Shield Greek Idʒis N.盾;保护,庇护 英 N.保护,支持(Shield Protection

单词 aegis
音标 ['idʒis]
解释 n.盾;保护,庇护
红宝书 【英】 n.保护,支持(shield; protection; defense)
【例】 Medical supplies are being flown in under the aegis of the Red Cross.
字源 aegis (n.)
"protection," 1793, from Latin aegis, from Greek Aigis, the name of the shield of Zeus, said by Herodotus to be related to aix (genitive aigos) "goat," from PIE *aig- "goat" (cognates: Sanskrit ajah, Lithuanian ozys "he-goat"), as the shield was of goatskin. Athene's aigis was a short goat-skin cloak, covered with scales, set with a gorgon's head, and fringed with snakes. The exact use and purpose of it is not now clear.
The goatskin would be worn with the two forelegs tied in front of the wearer's breast, or possibly with the head passed through an opening made at the neck, by the removal of the animal's head. [F. Warre Cornish, ed., "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities," London, 1898]
不择手段背单词 n. 保护, 庇护 = shield = protection = defense
【例】A child whose welfare is now under the aegis of the courts 儿童福利现在处于法庭的保护之下.
【源】原指希腊神话中宙斯Zeus的帝盾或胸铠(羊皮盾), 后来成为雅典娜的象征, 盾中心装有美杜莎的头像. 引申为保护, 庇护.
【记】读: 遗址 s. 既然是遗址(譬如: 圆明园和故宫)当然需要保护.
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