tantalus 中文意思是什麼

tantalus 解釋
n. 名詞 〈英國〉(初看似可隨意取用、實則有暗鎖的)玻璃酒櫃。

  1. Cold fowl, cigars, the tantalus glasses. heart of gold really

    馬特確實有著一顆金子般的心。
  2. What unforseen events might not open his prison door, and restore him to liberty ? then he raised to his lips the repast that, like a voluntary tantalus, he refused himself ; but he thought of his oath, and he would not break it

    他本來自願做丹達露斯,自動絕食的,現在想到這里,便把食物送到了唇邊但他又想起了他的誓言,他天性高尚,深怕食言會有損于自己的人格。
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