‖n. [ L. aegis, fr. Gr. a'igi`s a goat skin, a shield, a'i`x goat, or fr. 'ai`:ssw to rush. ] A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
[イージスかん(イージス艦);エイジスかん(エイジス艦), i-jisu kan ( i-jisu kan ); eijisu kan ( eijisu kan )] (n) Aegis ship [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
aegis \ae"gis\ ([=e]"j[i^]s), n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. a'igi`s a
goat skin, a shield, a'i`x goat, or fr. 'ai`:ssw to rush.]
A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A
shield; a protection.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aegis
n 1: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held
under the auspices of the city council" [syn: {auspices},
{protection}, {aegis}]
2: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
cuirass [syn: {breastplate}, {aegis}, {egis}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
AEGIS
Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
aegis /aeɤ°is/
aegis
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
