hydra
noun /ˈhaɪdrə/
/ˈhaɪdrə/
- Hydra(in ancient Greek stories
) a snake with several heads. As one head was cut off, another one grew. In the end it was killed by Hercules.古希腊神话 许德拉,多头蛇(砍去一个头即长出新头,后为大力神赫拉克勒斯所杀) - (formal) a thing that is very difficult to deal with, because it continues for a long time or because it has many different aspects
棘手的复杂事物;难以根绝的祸患 - (biology
) an extremely small water creature with a body that is like a tube in shape and tentacles around its mouth生物 水螅
词源via Latin from Greek hudra ‘water snake’, named by Linnaeus because, if cut into pieces, each section can grow into a whole animal.