icarus

• Имя собственное из греческой мифологии, относящееся к сыну Дедала, который, спасаясь с Крита вместе с отцом с помощью крыльев из воска и перьев, подлетел слишком близко к солнцу, в результате чего воск растаял, и он упал в Эгейское море, где утонул.

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to the son of Daedalus who, while escaping from Crete with his father using wings made of wax and feathers, flew too close to the sun, causing the wax to melt, and fell into the Aegean Sea where he drowned.

uncountable · proper noun

1. Mythological figureB2formal

   In Greek mythology, the son of the master craftsman Daedalus. He escaped from Crete using wings made of feathers and wax, but flew too close to the sun, causing the wax to melt, and he fell into the sea and drowned.

   Икар

   • The story of Icarus serves as a warning against overambition.
   • Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high or too low.
   • Icarus ignored his father's advice and plummeted into the Aegean Sea.

2. Symbol of overambitionC1informal

   A person who is destroyed by their own excessive ambition or recklessness.

   Символ чрезмерного честолюбия

   • The entrepreneur was an Icarus, flying too high on risky investments.
   • He became an Icarus of the tech world, crashing after his hubris.
   • The novel's protagonist is a modern Icarus, doomed by his own pride.