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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Cha·ryb·dis /kəˈrɪbdəs ||ʃə ||ʧə-/
 一種危險的漩渦

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cha·ryb·dis n.  A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Charybdis
      n : (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the
          other side of a narrow strait from Scylla