| 单词 | bestiary |
| 释义 | bestiary (once / 72959 pages) n A bestiary is a book from the medieval era with pictures and stories of animals. Bestiaries includes real animals as well as mythical animals such as unicorns. A medieval source of information about animals is a bestiary — a book with descriptions of animals real and imaginary, often with moralizing tales of their exploits. In this respect, bestiaries had a lot in common with fairy tales, which also often end with a moral. Bestiaries often had gorgeous artwork portraying the real and fanciful creatures. If you like reading about centaurs as much as bears, you'd probably enjoy reading a bestiary, which is related to the word beast. WORD FAMILYbestiary: bestiaries USAGE EXAMPLESThese days, central bankers are adding to a bestiary of exotic stimulus programs such as negative interest rates and bond-buying schemes. Wall Street Journal(Aug 29, 2016) I returned to the table and flipped through the children’s book again before abandoning it for the bestiary. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) In one, the Obama children play with an imagined White House bestiary in the East Wing. Washington Post(Jul 18, 2016) n a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals Hyper book a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
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