Scylla

常见例句

A whirlpool off the Sicilian coast, personified as a ship-devouring sea monster and located opposite the cave of Scylla.
卡律布狄斯漩涡西西里海岸附近的一个漩涡，位于希拉洞穴的对面，被拟人化为一个吞噬船只的海怪
Pete would have preferred to be on good terms with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis.
彼得何尝不想跟妻子和母亲都和睦相处呢，可是他试图讨得一方欢心而不致触怒另一方的努力就像在拉岩石礁和卡律布狄斯大旋涡之间行舟一样，真是左也不得，右也不行。