英语词汇“were-animal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The first element of werewolf n. used in combination, chiefly with names of animals, to indicate a human being imagined to be transformed into a beast; as were-animal, were-ass, were-bear, etc.; also were-man. Cf. wer- comb. form. were-jaguar n. in Olmec mythology, a creature partly human and partly feline.

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1873 H. W. Longfellow Interlude in Aftermath i. 84 The were-wolf is a legend old, But the were-ass is something new.

1883 J. F. M'Lennan in Encycl. Brit. XV. 90 The Arcadians, or bear~tribe, sprang from the were-bear Callisto.

1883 J. F. M'Lennan in Encycl. Brit. XV. 90 In Ashango~land,..a were-leopard was..charged with murder and metamorphosis.

1894 Sat. Rev. 15 Sept. 289/2 The simple explanation..that that beast was a were-calf.

1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. 439 In this respect the belief in ‘were’ animals..is nearly universal.

1967 L. Deuel Conquistadors without Swords xviii. 235 Today,..more than 400 years after the Spanish Conquest and 2,000..years since its origin, the were-jaguar, the nawal, is still invoked to frighten children who will not go to sleep.

1967 E. P. Benson Maya World ii. 24 Olmec art is full of creatures who are part human and part feline... Often they are a combination of human infant and jaguar. They are called ‘were-jaguars’.

1979 E. Abrams tr. H. Stierlin Precolombian Civilizations 68 This werejaguar figure tenoned into the wall of the pyramid at Chavín.

单词	were-animal
释义	> as lemmas were-animal The first element of werewolf n. used in combination, chiefly with names of animals, to indicate a human being imagined to be transformed into a beast; as were-animal, were-ass, were-bear, etc.; also were-man. Cf. wer- comb. form. were-jaguar n. in Olmec mythology, a creature partly human and partly feline. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > types of sirenc1366 manticorea1398 mariche1613 birdman1666 bull-man1816 garuda1882 were-jaguar1967 1873 H. W. Longfellow Interlude in Aftermath i. 84 The were-wolf is a legend old, But the were-ass is something new. 1883 J. F. M'Lennan in Encycl. Brit. XV. 90 The Arcadians, or bear~tribe, sprang from the were-bear Callisto. 1883 J. F. M'Lennan in Encycl. Brit. XV. 90 In Ashango~land,..a were-leopard was..charged with murder and metamorphosis. 1894 Sat. Rev. 15 Sept. 289/2 The simple explanation..that that beast was a were-calf. 1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. 439 In this respect the belief in ‘were’ animals..is nearly universal. 1967 L. Deuel Conquistadors without Swords xviii. 235 Today,..more than 400 years after the Spanish Conquest and 2,000..years since its origin, the were-jaguar, the nawal, is still invoked to frighten children who will not go to sleep. 1967 E. P. Benson Maya World ii. 24 Olmec art is full of creatures who are part human and part feline... Often they are a combination of human infant and jaguar. They are called ‘were-jaguars’. 1979 E. Abrams tr. H. Stierlin Precolombian Civilizations 68 This werejaguar figure tenoned into the wall of the pyramid at Chavín. extracted from were-comb. form < as lemmas
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