mephistophelean如何读

[ˌmefistəˈfi:liən]

mephistophelean是什么意思

  • adj.冷酷的;险恶而狡猾的

mephistophelean英英释义

Adjective

1. showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;

"devilish schemes"

"the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"

"the diabolical expression on his face"

"a mephistophelian glint in his eye"

mephistophelean词源英文解释

German

The first known use of Mephistopheles was circa 1590

mephistophelean 例句

1 Bowie, sporting an Alexander McQueen coat and a mephistophelean goatee, wore his half-century of less than healthy living lightly.

2 His mephistophelean eyebrows were raised interrogatively, and he was smiling so as to exhibit a row of uneven yellow teeth.

3 In the Mephistopheles movement, Bernstein augments the infernal atmosphere by having the strings play sul ponticello—a ghastly slithering of the bow near the bridge.

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