| 词汇 | faun |
| 释义 | faun noun[ C ] uk /fɔːn/ us /fɑːn/ an imaginary creature that is like a small man with a goat's back legs, a tail, ears, and horns农牧神（一种虚构的半人半羊生物） VeraPetruk /iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Mythological & legendary characters Abominable Snowman Anancy Andromeda Ares basilisk genie Hades hellhound Hera Hermes Janus siren sprite the sandman Thor unicorn vamp Venus Vesta Victoria Hidden among the wreaths of vines which adorn the jambs are the laughing heads of fauns. If flowers mate and beget as we do, why not winds and waters, why not gods and nymphs, fauns and fairies? In the piazza of the palace is a very beautiful fountain, utilized by one of the oldest Roman statues, representing a faun blowing water from a conch-shell. The faun is represented reclining against the trunk of a tree, partly draped in the spoils of a tiger. Then you'd believe in nymphs and fauns, and Pan, and all those kind of birds? Examples of faunfaun The sixth nymph who had been left isolated centre stage suddenly notices the faun behind her and runs off to the left, hands in air. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Romans believed fauns inspired fear in men traveling in lonely, remote or wild places. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most conspicuously, the woman is mourned by a faun rather than her husband. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The style of the ballet, in which a young faun meets several nymphs, flirts with them and chases them, was deliberately archaic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The woodwind brings in staccato chords as the three nymphs return from left and challenge the faun, who falls back from their advance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The faun and senior nymph wore golden sandals, the rest had bare white feet with rouged toes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The animators found it easier to create entirely digital centaurs and fauns, rather than mix digital legs with real actors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Actually moss and lichen alike know that, identifying with time itself, they have become faun and putto alike. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Roman poets often conflated them with the fauns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The adjective "ficarius" characterizes the figgy fauns and their counterparts the "dusii" by their swarming, serial acts of fertilization. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. But in the end, the faun was altered into a goat-faced creature almost completely made out of earth, moss, vines, and tree bark. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Originally, the faun was supposed to be a classic half-man, half-goat faun fraught with beauty. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They have been known to dance with fauns and dryads occasionally. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is friends with the fauns and centaurs, and is shown celebrating a harvest festival. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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