| 单词 | welsh dragon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWelsh dragon Welsh dragon n. (a) a Welsh person, esp. one considered to be volatile or aggressive; (b) a red dragon as the heraldic emblem of Wales; (also) the Welsh flag. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 1799 C. T. Smith What is She? iv. ii. 64 Faith Ma'am, you're so snug, and as difficult of access as a poet in debt; I've been arguing with the tongue and the claws of your Welch dragon here this half hour. 1833 Archaeologia 25 App. 619 On his [sc. Owen Glyndowr's] helmet, as well as on his horse's head, is the Welsh dragon. 1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. xxi. 349 If she had let the Welsh dragon show his teeth in style, he would only have had to make unpleasant apologies. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xiii. 225 His Majesty the King has recently added the Welsh dragon differenced by a label of three points argent as an additional badge to the achievement of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. 1913 Times 16 June 10/3 The flag..which bore the [Cardiff] city arms was flying at her foremast, the Welsh dragon at the mainmast. 1983 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 27 Mar. 23 The Welsh dragon, scarlet shorted, scarlet gloved, kept going forward, jabbing hard. 2007 D. Atkinson et al. Wales (Lonely Planet) (ed. 3) 224 The centrepiece of the lake is a giant sculpture of a Welsh dragon. < as lemmas |
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