faun
faun 英 [fɔ:n] 美 [fɔn]
n. （古罗马传说中）半人半羊的农牧神
名词复数:fauns
- A faun is a mythological creature that's half human and half goat. Go to many art museums and you'll see paintings of fauns cavorting through the forest or playing a flute.
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- n. （古罗马传说中）半人半羊的农牧神
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1. The pane slid open and a small, faun-like child slipped in.
窗格慢慢打开，一个小孩爬进来，他长得像罗马神话中的农牧神。
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2. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a great big Faun like you.
你应该为自己感到羞愧，一个像你这样伟大的农牧之神！
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3. The Marble Faun (1860), though set in Rome, dwells on the Puritan themes of sin, isolation, expiation, and salvation.
《玉石雕像》（The Marble Faun ）(1860)的故事发生在罗马（Rome），但讲述的仍是清教徒有关罪恶、孤独、赎罪和救赎的主题。
- faun (n.) "rustic woodland spirit or demigod part human, part goat," late 14c., from Latin Faunus, the name of a god of the countryside, worshipped especially by farmers and shepherds, equivalent of Greek Pan. The faunalia were held in his honor. Formerly somewhat assimilated to satyrs, but they have diverged again lately.
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