Adonis

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; 'when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite'.

(noun.) any handsome young man.

(noun.) annual or perennial herbs.

克劳德特录入

• Dixey, then at the height of his 'Adonis' popularity, would come in in those days, after theatre hours, and would entertain us with stories--1882-84. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There's not a finer fellow in the service, Osborne said, nor a better officer, though he is not an Adonis, certainly. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Why is he not an Adonis? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Amy's Adonis is a short, thick man, almost a mulatto, with little purblind eyes and straight, coarse, black hair; and his age at least five and forty. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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