| 单词 | dragon |
| 释义 | dragon (once / 1156 pages) 1n 2n A dragon is a fire-breathing mythological animal, a winged, flying, scaly creature. In many European legends, brave knights battle evil dragons. The dragon shows up in the mythologies of many different cultures, usually breathing fire and resembling a giant reptile or serpent with wings. The monster in the ancient Mesopotamian poem the "Epic of Gilgamesh" is often called a dragon, and the Old English story "Beowulf" also features a fearsome dragon. In several Asian cultures, dragons represent wisdom, nature, and longevity. The Greek root is drakon, "serpent" or "giant seafish." WORD FAMILYdragon: dragons USAGE EXAMPLESOne aria speaks of “you scum of the world,” of “dragon’s brood” spitting venom in the Saviour’s face. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Some children heard about them in a fantastical context, in which they were told that dragons or ghosts collect them. Salon(Dec 22, 2016) Like “Game of Thrones,” but with a sense of humor and more werewolves than dragons. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1 1n a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper firedrake Fafnir (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd wivern, wyvern a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs mythical creature, mythical monster a monster renowned in folklore and myth 2n any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body 2Syn|Hyper flying dragon, flying lizard agamid, agamid lizard a lizard of the family Agamidae n a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman Syn|Hyper tartar disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman a woman who is an unpleasant person Dragon (once / 2181 pages) n WORD FAMILY Dragon: Dragons USAGE EXAMPLESLucky Dragon Casino is set to open in December with an all-Chinese-food set of menus from night market to dim sum to high-end cutting edge. Wall Street Journal(Oct 31, 2016) The Dragons, who were 7 of 21 from distance, got 14 points from Williams. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Titling a section about Africa “An Overpopulated Dragon Overruns the Dark Continent” is problematic, and not just from a literary standpoint. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) n a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus Syn|Exp Draco constellation a configuration of stars as seen from the earth |
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