| 释义 |
▪ I. ‖ lau|laʊ|
[Native word.]
An African water monster supposed to live in the swamps of the Nile valley.
1923H. C. Jackson in Sudan Notes & Rec. VI. 187 There is also a third kind [of python] of which rumours have come to my ears... This serpent is called Lau by the Nuer and Dinka... It is reported to be of gigantic proportions. 1925Blackw. Mag. Sept. 303/2 The lau is a composite beast; it is reputed to have a bit of the bird, snake and lizard in it, like the wyvern in coats-of-arms. 1937Discovery Dec. 369/1 The lau and the lukwata, monstrous beasts whose hideous calls are heard booming through the grey night-mists of the lakes.
▪ II. lau
obs. form of law, low. |