单词Cadmus
n.: 【希神】卡德摩斯
网络: 卡德莫斯；卡德穆斯；卡德茂斯
卡德摩斯(腓尼基王子,曾杀巨龙,底比斯城的建立者)
【希腊神话】卡德摩斯〔曾杀一龙,种下龙牙,生成许多武士,相互残杀殆尽〕
I can never imagine that the sons and daughters would attack one another like the creations of Cadmus in the presence of their dying father.
我真想象不到这些儿女们在他们那垂死的老父亲面前互相攻击，同室操戈。
Cadmus, alarmed, prepared to encounter a new enemy, but one of them said to him, "Meddle not with our civil war. "
卡德摩斯惊恐万状，准备迎战这群敌人，但是其中的一个武士向他说：“不要插手我们的内战。”
Cadmus next threw his javelin, which met with better success, for it penetrated the serpent"s scales and pierced through to his entrails .
卡德摩斯紧接著投出了长矛。这一手倒还奏效，长矛穿过鳞片刺入了蛇的内脏。
But a fatality hung over the family of Cadmus in consequence of his killing the serpent sacred to Mars.
但因为卡德摩斯杀死的那条蛇是马尔斯的圣物，因此他的家族在劫难逃。
Cadmus gave thanks and, stooping down, kissed the foreign soil, then lifting his eyes greeted the surrounding mountains.
卡德摩斯谢过神明，躬身亲吻这片异乡的土地，然后举目眺望四周的群山。
Cadmus had hardly left the Castalian cave, from which the oracle was delivered, when he saw a young cow slowly walking before him.
卡德摩斯刚一走出给予他神谕的卡斯塔利亚山洞就看到前面有条小母牛在不紧不慢地走着。
As he moved onward, Cadmus retreated before him, holding his spear opposite to the monster"s opened jaws.
它朝卡德摩斯一点一点地逼过来，卡德摩斯边退边用长矛在那怪物的大嘴前挑逗。
Wishing to offer a sacrifice to Jupiter, Cadmus sent his servants to seek pure water for a libation.
他决定祭祀朱庇特，便打发随从去寻找净水做祭奠。
He found it: Project Cadmus, situated in the low mountains northwest of the city.
他找到了它：卡德默斯之城，座落在城市西北边低山中。
Project Cadmus was vast underground complex that ran deep beneath a mountain northwest of Metropolis.
位于大都会西北山脉深处的卡德摩斯是一个复杂的地下工程。