英语词汇argus-eyed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	argus-eyed
词源	argus-eyed. In Greek mythology the hundred-eyed Argus was chosen by the jealous Zeus to guard over the nymph Io, even though he had turned his love into an unattractive cow. Apparently he grew jealous of Argus, too, for he had him killed and transferred his eyes to the peacock’s tail—which is, accord- ing to tradition, why it looks the way it does. Argus managed to live on in name only, argus-eyed still meaning vigilant.
随便看	all ears alley-oop all fogged up all foreign fruit plants are free from duty all for one and one for all all good americans go to paris when they die all gussied up all hands and the cook all hat and no cattle all his bullet holes is in the front of him allies alligator alligators-in-the sewers legend all i know is what i read in the papers all in the same boat all is lost save honor alliteration all men make faults all mouth and no ears all my eye and betty martin all oak and iron bound all-overs all over the ballpark all quiet on the potomac all quiet on the western front

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