in Homer and older Greek mythology, the sunless abyss below Hades, from Greek Tartaros, of uncertain origin; "prob. a word of imitative origin, suggestive of something frightful" [Klein]. Later in Greek almost synonymous with Hades.
实用例句
1. Tartarus was a place of torment where wicked souls were condemned to go.
地狱塔耳塔罗斯是灵魂丑恶的人被罚去受折磨的地方.
来自神话部分
2. Zeus: I banish you to the darkest pits of Tartarus!
宙斯: 我要让你们在冥界暗无天日的深渊消亡.
来自互联网
3. Zeus: I vanish you to the darkest pits of Tartarus!
宙斯: 我要让你在冥界暗无天日的深渊消亡!
来自互联网
4. The Walls of Tartarus would not hold Atlas and they would not hold me, either!
