Cleopatra

/kliә'pɑ:trә/

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中文翻译

克利奥帕特拉（女子名）

英文解释

n. beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

常见例句

n an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece n the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC

Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)

repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra

defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp