charybdis
カリュブディス
解説 Definition
カリュブディス。ギリシア神話の怪物。海峡の渦巻きに関連付けられている。
Charybdis is a monster in Greek mythology imagined as a deadly whirlpool that repeatedly swallowed and expelled seawater in a narrow strait. Sailors attempting to avoid it faced Scylla on the opposite side, making the pair a lasting image of two unavoidable dangers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
通常は Charybdis と大文字で書き、海水をのみ込む大渦の怪物を指す。Scylla と対になり、between Scylla and Charybdis は「一方を避けても他方の危険に陥る進退両難」。単なる whirlpool ではなく、ギリシア神話の固有名と慣用句を一緒に覚える。
Treat Charybdis as a capitalized mythological name, not as the ordinary English word for any whirlpool. Picture a ship in a narrow strait: Charybdis, the swallowing vortex, lies on one side, while Scylla waits on the other. That scene explains the expression “between Scylla and Charybdis,” meaning that escaping one danger brings you close to another. Link the name with the verbs swallow and engulf and with the collocations “the whirlpool of Charybdis” and “Scylla and Charybdis.”
例文
Charybdis was a monster in Greek mythology.
カリュブディスはギリシア神話の怪物だった。
Sailors feared Charybdis and the treacherous waters.
船乗りはカリュブディスと危険な水を恐れていた。
The expression between Scylla and Charybdis means impossible choices.
シラとカリュブディスの間の表現は不可能な選択を意味する。
charybdis の類義語・関連語
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charybdis の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 Kharybdis（Χάρυβδις）に由来し、kharybdē（飲み込む渦）と関連。ギリシャ神話でメッシーナ海峡の大渦巻の怪物。「between Scylla and Charybdis（進退両難）」の慣用句で有名。関連語: Scylla（スキュラ）。
English Charybdis comes through Latin from Ancient Greek Kharybdis. In Greek mythology, the name belonged to a destructive sea being associated with a whirlpool, traditionally located in the Strait of Messina. The deeper origin of the Greek name is uncertain, so a precise literal derivation should not be asserted. Its enduring figurative force comes from its pairing with Scylla, the danger on the opposite shore.
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