minotaur
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmaɪ.nə.tɔːr/ us/ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːr/
弥洛陶诺斯（古希腊传说中牛头人身的怪物）
a creature in ancient Greek stories that has the body of a human and the head of a bull (= male cow)
King Theseus was the legendary ruler who slew the minotaur in the Cretan labyrinth. 传说中是特修斯国王在克里特岛的迷宫里杀死了弥洛陶诺斯。
He encounters dragons, minotaurs and other mythic adversaries. 他遇到了龙、牛头怪和其他神话中才会出现的敌手。
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- The story was probably inspired by the myth of Theseus and the minotaur.
- He reminds me of the picture of the minotaur I had in one of my books as a child.
- There is a bust of a minotaur at one end of the room.