音标:['piθiæs,-әs] ;
n. (罗马民间传说中的)皮西厄斯(与其友Damon为生死之交)
n friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
n (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
词型变化:名词复数形式 : pythiass
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  • Phintias皮西厄斯(罗马传说中的人...

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Most U.S. companies act swiftly and forcefully to root out discrimination based on race, sex, age, or appearance when they discover it. And there are good reasons to do so: intolerance on the job hurts morale and productivity. It's illegal under civ

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学英语单词
a-rod
abesses
affiants
alongside delivery
anilic acid
application infrastructure provider
assumed state analysis
at desk
Atheras, Akra
autonomic faciocephalalgia
autonymous mode of speech
Barclaya
basic exemption for classified income tax
book-lined
British Overseas Trade Board
Bupleurum kaoi
calcium sulfate dosimeter
capillary resistance test
caseiform
cathode interlayer
collapsible screw tap
competitive modes
Dalton's principle
data subscriber terminal equipment
dead end pressure
dibenzyl aniline
double action of drain
earthward
encephalo-spinal
eve-teaser
exhibition for creativity
experimental embryology of vascular plants
external acromial bursa
eyepiece collective lens
family enterprise
FAS
ferrocenylamines
fister
fuel air bomb
Gajary
gauge tables
genus Moschus
homeomorphic graph
hooked-groin contraction works
hydraulic guide line tensioner
image generalization
indonesian monetary units
integrated circuit test system
ISCVS
jesenia
Juncus gracillimus
kunder
lateral order micelle
LMR
lollopped
Lungué-Bungo(Lungwebungu)
mechanical refrigeration
merop
methane-oxidizing bacteria
mouse swimming test
near-legged
new edition of chart
nib-forming
oblique tabled scarf with key
obradovicite
on-line machine
papilloma of eyelid
Paracanthoperygii
polar area
pulse shape selector
quasi-diagonal
rectangular plot
Remembrance Day
rope core barrel
safe space
scanning position
security community
selected heading
self-enhancing
silvered mirror
singing signal
smear campaigns
spool type control valve
stenocarpine
storage assignment
strength ultimate
submediant chord
surface choke
surface normal
synorogenic period
table games
transnational corporations
travelers' diarrhea
trees of upper story (in a two-storied forest)
tumultuates
unflanged tube
usual
uuivertor
Vers-Pont-du-Gard
vulgarises
world meterological organization
Ziziphus incurva