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be the god of [domain]
Bacchus 是专有名词，首字母大写，前面通常不加冠词；在古典神话中相当于希腊神祇狄俄尼索斯（Dionysus）。
Bacchus is the god of wine.
巴克斯是酒神。
酒神巴克斯
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酒神巴克斯
in classical mythology, the god of wine; equivalent to Dionysus.
Bacchus is the god of wine.
巴克斯是酒神。
酒神巴克斯
n. (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
The ancient Romans worshiped Bacchus as the god of wine.
古罗马人尊奉巴克斯为酒神。
In the painting, Bacchus holds a bunch of grapes and a wine cup.
画中的巴克斯手持一串葡萄和一个酒杯。
We read a story about Bacchus and his followers in class today.
我们今天在课上读了一个关于巴克斯和他追随者的故事。
Bacchus 是专有名词，首字母大写，前面通常不加冠词；在古典神话中相当于希腊神祇狄俄尼索斯（Dionysus）。
Bacchus is the god of wine.
巴克斯是酒神。
Not this
The Bacchus was the god of wine.
Use this
Bacchus was the god of wine.
英语中，神明等专有名词前一般不加定冠词 the，直接使用专有名词本身即可；加 the 显得多余且不自然。
Not this
They prayed Bacchus.
Use this
They prayed to Bacchus.
动词 pray 不能直接接人作宾语，须用介词 to 引出祈祷的对象，即 pray to + 人/神；中文直译“祈祷巴克斯”容易漏掉 to。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对酒神巴克斯的崇拜
The worship of Bacchus involved wine, music, and ecstatic dancing.
对巴克斯的崇拜涉及美酒、音乐和狂喜之舞。
巴克斯节
The festival of Bacchus was held each year to celebrate the grape harvest.
每年都会举行巴克斯节以庆祝葡萄丰收。
巴克斯神庙
The temple of Bacchus at Baalbek has survived for nearly two thousand years.
巴勒贝克城的巴克斯神庙已留存近两千年。
巴克斯雕像
A marble statue of Bacchus stood in the center of the courtyard.
庭院中央立着一座巴克斯大理石雕像。
酒神巴克斯
The wine god Bacchus offered joy and release to his followers.
酒神巴克斯为他的追随者带来欢乐和放松。
来吧，葡萄藤的君主，胖乎乎的巴克斯，眯缝着小眼睛！
This line comes from a drinking song in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, where the god of wine is playfully called 'plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne.'
这句台词出自莎士比亚《安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉》中的一首祝酒歌，酒神巴克斯被戏称为“胖乎乎、小眼睛的巴克斯”。
Use Bacchus naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 Bacchus 想成“back us”，酒神在背后给我们壮胆，一杯接一杯。
语域：formal 常见场景：古典神话与文学、艺术史与博物馆解说、葡萄酒文化讨论 Bacchus 是罗马神话中的酒神名，通常用于文学、艺术或古典学等较正式的语境，日常口语中不常说；在涉及葡萄酒或宴饮的比喻性表达中也比较常见。
None of these words rhymes with bacchus /ˈbækəs/. They are included to compare the -cus spelling. Circus, focus, locus, crocus and hocus-pocus end in the same unstressed /kəs/ syllable as bacchus, but their stressed vowels differ (/ɜːr/, /oʊ/, /oʊ/, /oʊ/, /oʊ/). Cactus shares the stressed vowel /æ/ and a similar spelling, but its final cluster is /ktəs/, not /kəs/, so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.