| 釋義 |
Erebus:1. (Gr. myth. ) son of Chaos and Night,hence dark-ness personified; also a name for the underworld orhell itself （希臘神話）厄來珀斯，深淵與黑夜之子，因而為黑暗的化身；也用作陰間或地獄之名。
△2H. IV. 2. 4. 168 (156):“I’ll see her damned first,to Pluto’s damned lake,bythis hand,to the infernal deep,with Erebus and tor-tures vile also.”我要先看見她下地獄，到普路托的苦海里，憑我這只手發(fā)誓，到陰間的深淵里，那里有厄來珀斯和種種的毒刑。
2. the darkest and gloomiest lower world,or the hell陰間，地獄。
△Mer. 5. 1.87:“And his affections dark as Erebus.”他的感情必如地獄陰暗。 |