单词 | bestiary |
释义 | bestiary From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Newspapers, printing, publishing Historybestiarybes‧ti‧ar‧y /ˈbestiəri $ ˈbestʃieri/ noun (plural bestiaries) [countable]SHTCNan old book about strange animals, written in the Middle AgesExamples from the Corpusbestiary• Later still, in a Medieval bestiary, three courageous birds are shown in the act of attacking an owl's head.• In Carrington's personal bestiary the horse was the principal icon.Origin bestiary (1800-1900) Medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bestia; → BESTIAL |
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