procrustes的意思

基本释义

• 普罗克拉斯提斯（古希腊神话传说中 Attica 的一个强盗）

  a robber, who put travellers in his bed, stretching or lopping off their limbs so that they fitted it

例句

1. Near to the banks of the Cephissus lived the giant Procrustes , of whom (as was the case with other giants) Theseus had heard long before he met him.

   在科菲索斯河岸边住着巨人普洛克洛斯忒斯，就象其它的巨人一样，忒修斯早就听说了他的情况。

2. Procrustes was accustomed to invite strangers to spend a night in his cave, and if the guest were tall he would lead him to the shorter bed.

   普洛克洛斯忒斯总是请陌生人到山洞中过夜，如果客人很高，他就把他领到较短的床上。