| 单词 | firedrake |
| 释义 | firedrake (once / 50510 pages) n WORD FAMILY firedrake: firedrakes USAGE EXAMPLESIt was the Firedrake, most evil of creatures that haunt the burying places of men! Robert Nye, Beowulf: A New Telling(1968) As the Firedrake approached her, the German crew were seen to be standing on her upper deck, which was awash, and holding up their hands. Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick), The Harwich Naval Forces—Their Part...(2010) From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice crawlers of Pluto, he'd bagged them all. Anderson, Poul William, Duel on Syrtis(2010) n a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper dragon 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 |
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