英语词汇“mythical monster”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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mythical monster: mythical monsters

USAGE EXAMPLES

Like Loch Ness in Scotland, the 1,260-foot-deep lake is also home to a mythical monster.

New York Times(Sep 26, 2016)

Many details of “The Great Wall’s” plot — to say nothing of the attributes of its mythical monsters — remain under wraps.

Los Angeles Times(Jul 02, 2015)

There he protects several villages from the Wood, a gradually encroaching forest full of mythical monsters and people who have been abducted and frighteningly transformed.

Slate(Jun 04, 2015)

n a monster renowned in folklore and myth

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mythical creature

Python

(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

Eumenides

(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals

Sasquatch

large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada

Loch Ness monster

a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

Fafnir

(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd

legendary creature

a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual

amphisbaena

(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body

basilisk

(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance

centaur

(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

Cerberus, hellhound

(Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon

Chimaera, Chimera

(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

cockatrice

monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

dragon, firedrake

a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

Geryon

(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules

Gorgon

(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone

griffin, griffon, gryphon

winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion

Harpy

(Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman

Hydra

(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones

leviathan

monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament

mantichora, manticora, manticore, mantiger

a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion

Minotaur

(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

Nemean lion

(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors

roc

mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength

salamander

reptilian creature supposed to live in fire

Sphinx

(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon

troll

(Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains

Typhoeus

(Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire

Typhon

(Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx

loup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfman

a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again

abominable snowman, yeti

a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas

doppelganger

a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart

sea serpent

huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon

Chiron

(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes

Medusa

(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus

Stheno

(Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons

Euryale

(Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons

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 being

an imaginary being of myth or fable

monster

an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

单词	mythical monster
释义	mythical monster (once / 251475 pages) n WORD FAMILY mythical monster: mythical monsters USAGE EXAMPLES Like Loch Ness in Scotland, the 1,260-foot-deep lake is also home to a mythical monster. New York Times(Sep 26, 2016) Many details of “The Great Wall’s” plot — to say nothing of the attributes of its mythical monsters — remain under wraps. Los Angeles Times(Jul 02, 2015) There he protects several villages from the Wood, a gradually encroaching forest full of mythical monsters and people who have been abducted and frighteningly transformed. Slate(Jun 04, 2015) n a monster renowned in folklore and myth Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper mythical creature Python (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi Eumenides (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals Sasquatch large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada Loch Ness monster a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland Fafnir (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd legendary creature a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual amphisbaena (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body basilisk (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance centaur (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse Cerberus, hellhound (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon Chimaera, Chimera (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon cockatrice monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance dragon, firedrake a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings Geryon (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules Gorgon (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone griffin, griffon, gryphon winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion Harpy (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman Hydra (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones leviathan monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament mantichora, manticora, manticore, mantiger a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion Minotaur (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus Nemean lion (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors roc mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength salamander reptilian creature supposed to live in fire Sphinx (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon troll (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains Typhoeus (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire Typhon (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx loup-garou, lycanthrope, werewolf, wolfman a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again abominable snowman, yeti a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas doppelganger a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart sea serpent huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon Chiron (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes Medusa (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus Stheno (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons Euryale (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons 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 being an imaginary being of myth or fable monster an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
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