scarabee
/'skærә,bi:/
📖 中文释义
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📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the
- genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or
- Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum).
- n. A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or
- faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as
- an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually
- by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a
- scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved
- stone itelf].