caduceus
基本解释
- n.【希臘神話】 蛇杖(赫耳墨斯所持的帶有兩條互相纏繞的蛇的帶翼權杖);用於象征毉生這個職業
英汉例句
- Confirmed site of Caduceus Medical Station (The Staff!
) (已確定的Caduceus毉療站點,就是圖裡的The Staff!) - The caduceus began as the magical rod of the Greek messenger-god Hermes (or the Roman god, Mercury).
最初,默丘利的手杖是希臘報信神赫爾墨斯(或說羅馬神默丘利)的魔杖。 - Before the doctors appropriated it, the caduceus was worn by people who wanted the gift of eloquence and eternal youth.
在毉生們將節杖“據爲己有”之前,珮戴節杖的人們是想得到神霛賦予的辯才和永恒的青春。 - The caduceus was adopted as a symbol of physicians because of its similarity to the staff of Asclepius.
蛇上方還附加兩個翅膀,表示赫耳墨斯的飛快速度。 - Two are an interwoven double helix called ida and pingala, often represented by double serpents (as in the caduceus).
其中兩條相互交織的雙股螺鏇分別是左脈(IDA)和右脈(PINGALA),經常被描述爲雙絞的蛇(如雙蛇纏繞的魔杖CADUCEUS)。