| 单词 | manticore |
| 释义 | manticore[ man-ti-kawr, -kohr ] / ˈmæn tɪˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr / nouna legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion. Origin of manticore1300–50; Middle English <Latin mantichōrās<Greek, erroneous reading for martichṓras<Iranian; compare Old Persian martiya- man, Avestan xvar- devour, Persian mardom-khar< man-eating; probably ultimately alluding to the tiger, once common in the Caspian Sea region Words nearby manticoremantellone, mantelpiece, mantelshelf, manteltree, mantic, manticore, mantid, mantilla, Mantinea, mantis, mantispid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for manticoremanticore / (ˈmæntɪˌkɔː) / nouna monster with a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a man's head with three rows of teeth. It roamed the jungles of India and, like the Sphinx, would ask travellers a riddle and kill them when they failed to answer it Word Origin for manticoreC21: from Latin manticora, from Greek mantichōrās, corruption of martichorās, from Persian mardkhora man-eater Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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