Tantalus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
2. isim A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.

   “Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest.”

3. isim Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.

   “Over all, there brooded the shadow of his injuries and the tantalus of their slow healing.”

4. özel isim A Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin-deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head; whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.

   “He will not mannage her, although he mount her, / That worse then Tantalus is her annoy”