Charybdis
pronunciation
How to pronounce Charybdis in British English:
UK [kəˈribdis]
How to pronounce Charybdis in American English:
US [kəˈrɪbdɪs]
-
- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
Word Origin
- Charybdis
- whirlpool off the coast of Sicily, from Latinized form of Greek Kharybdis, which is of unknown origin. Compare Scylla.
Example
- 1. The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged ; they were between scylla and charybdis .
- 2. He was between scylla and charybdis , for his company had betrayed him .
- 3. If , in the middle east , america remains caught between the scylla of the autocrats and the charybdis of the terrorists , asian countries could soon start thinking of new security arrangements without america .
- 4. One falls into scylia in seeking to avoid charybdis .
- 5. Biological characteristics and progress in farming study of charybdis japonica .