satyr

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sat·yr /ˈsætə $ -ər/ noun [countable] literary  RMa god in ancient Greek stories, represented as half human and half goat 萨堤尔〔古希腊神话中半人半羊的神〕

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satyr• The silly girl had managed to get the baggy satyr on her track.• I knew that she hadn't intended to kill the baggy satyr.• In the midst of their circle squatted a bronze satyr, whose round belly contained lamp-oil.• Nymphs, when pursued by satyrs, have saved themselves by turning into trees.• The satyrs are goat-men and the centaurs are half man, half horse.• It involved two satyrs and a woman and was very obscene indeed.• His writings teem with satyr and a neatness of style.Origin satyr (1300-1400) Latin satyrus, from Greek satyros

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satyr
sat‧yr /ˈsætə $ -ər/ noun [countable] literarya god in ancient Greek stories, represented as half human and half goat

satyrBrE /ˈsætə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsætər/ 🔊, also /ˈseɪtər/ 🔊 noun(in ancient Greek stories) a god of the woods, with a man's face and body and a goat's legs and horns 萨堤尔（古希腊神话中半人半羊的森林之神）