in Homer and older Greek mythology, the sunless abyss below Hades, from Greek Tartaros, of uncertain origin; "prob. a word of imitative origin, suggestive of something frightful" [Klein]. Later in Greek almost synonymous with Hades.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Tartarus was a place of torment where wicked souls were condemned to go.
地獄塔耳塔羅斯是靈魂丑惡的人被罰去受折磨的地方.
來(lái)自神話部分
2. Zeus: I banish you to the darkest pits of Tartarus!
宙斯: 我要讓你們?cè)谮そ绨禑o(wú)天日的深淵消亡.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Zeus: I vanish you to the darkest pits of Tartarus!
宙斯: 我要讓你在冥界暗無(wú)天日的深淵消亡!
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. The Walls of Tartarus would not hold Atlas and they would not hold me, either!