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cyclops 音标拼音: [s'ɑɪkl,ɔps] n. 独眼巨人;(c-)水蚤 独眼巨人;(c-)水蚤 Cyclops n 1: (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead 2: minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms [synonym: {cyclops}, {water flea}] Cyclops \Cy"clops\ (s?"kl?ps), n. sing. & pl. [L. Cyclops, Gr.
Ky`klwps (strictly round-eyed), pl. Ky`klwpes; ky`klos circle 'w`ps eye.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna. [1913 Webster] Note: Pope, in his translation of the "Odyssey," uniformly spells this word Cyclop, when used in the singular. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See {Copepoda}. [1913 Webster] 3. A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc. [1913 Webster]
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