centaur

noun

cen·taur ˈsen-ˌtȯr How to pronounce centaur (audio)

or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly

Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune

The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter.

Robert H. Brown et al.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Midjourney allow human users to type in all sorts of prompts to create random images in mere seconds, such as Judi Dench fighting a centaur on the moon.

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 As a centaur grabs a woman by the neck, a Lapith man dives at its feet.

Dominic Green, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 Originally applied to basic tasks like chess, centaur technology fuses human intelligence and machine learning.

Cenk Sidar, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 In Greek mythology, Chiron was a centaur and the son of Titan.

Meghan Rose, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2022 Any professor who teaches the class never lasts longer than a year, facing memory loss, centaur kidnappings, Polyjuice Potion shenanigans, even death.

Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022 Its stars have faded, with a single exception whose centaur masculinity proves the rule.

Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022 On the 13th, healing centaur Chiron shares a minor aspect with the Sun, giving us the chance to mend and evolve our hearts.

Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2022 It's also represented by an archer, but this archer is a mythical centaur, a creature that is half-man, half-horse.

Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	centaur
释义	centaur noun cen·taur ˈsen-ˌtȯr 1 or less commonly Centaur : any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly 2 Centaur, astronomy : any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune The Centaurs are distinguished dynamically as a group of objects whose orbits cross those of the Jovian planets and whose perihelions lie outside the orbit of Jupiter. Robert H. Brown et al. Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Midjourney allow human users to type in all sorts of prompts to create random images in mere seconds, such as Judi Dench fighting a centaur on the moon. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 As a centaur grabs a woman by the neck, a Lapith man dives at its feet. Dominic Green, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 Originally applied to basic tasks like chess, centaur technology fuses human intelligence and machine learning. Cenk Sidar, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 In Greek mythology, Chiron was a centaur and the son of Titan. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2022 Any professor who teaches the class never lasts longer than a year, facing memory loss, centaur kidnappings, Polyjuice Potion shenanigans, even death. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022 Its stars have faded, with a single exception whose centaur masculinity proves the rule. Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022 On the 13th, healing centaur Chiron shares a minor aspect with the Sun, giving us the chance to mend and evolve our hearts. Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2022 It's also represented by an archer, but this archer is a mythical centaur, a creature that is half-man, half-horse. Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Feb. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition centaur noun cen·taur ˈsen-ˌtȯr : a creature in Greek mythology that is part man and part horse
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centaur

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