a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1)(《
圣经》不同篇章中分别象征鲸鱼、鳄鱼和魔鬼的)海中怪兽。
a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale
水中巨兽(尤指鲸鱼)
-
the great leviathans of the deep .深海中的巨兽。
a thing that is very large or powerful, especially a ship
巨大而强有力的东西(尤指船)。
an autocratic monarch or state
独裁君主;独裁主义国家(源自霍布斯于1651年所写《利维坦》一书中的典故)。[ORIGIN: with allusion to Hobbes' <Italic>Leviathan</Italic>(1651).]
" via late Latin from Hebrew liwyātān."