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单词 chase the dragon
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chase1 /chās/

transitive verb (also (obsolete) chace)
  1. To pursue
  2. To hunt
  3. To seek
  4. To drive away
  5. To put to flight
  6. To follow with a chaser or chasse
intransitive verb (informal)

To hurry (about, around or after)

noun
  1. Pursuit
  2. A hunting
  3. (with the) the sport of hunting
  4. The object of a hunt, quarry
  5. An unenclosed private game preserve
  6. A steeplechase
  7. The second impact of an unreturned ball, for which the player scored unless his opponent bettered it (and scored) by a similar impact nearer the end wall (real tennis)
ORIGIN: OFr chacier, chasser, from L captāre, frequentative of capere to take

chasˈer noun

  1. A pursuer
  2. A hunter
  3. A horse for steeplechasing
  4. A drink of a different, usu complementary or contrasting, type, drunk immediately after another (informal)
  5. A woman over-assiduous in pursuit of men (old slang)
  6. An aeroplane for pursuing hostile aircraft (RAF sl)
  7. A chasse

chaseˈport noun

The porthole at the bow or stern of a naval ship (through which a gun is fired during pursuit)

beasts of chase (archaic)

  1. Properly the buck, doe, fox, marten and roe
  2. Wild animals that are hunted generally

chase rainbows see rainbow-chaser under rain1

chase the dragon (drug sl)

To inhale the fumes of melting powdered heroin

give chase

To set off in pursuit

go and chase yourself (informal)

Go away, clear out

wild-goose chase

  1. A chase hither and thither
  2. Any foolish or profitless pursuit of the unattainable

dragon /dragˈən/

noun
  1. A fabulous winged scaly-armoured fire-breathing monster, often a guardian of treasure, ravaging a country when its hoard is rifled
  2. A fierce, intimidating or watchful woman
  3. A paper kite
  4. A dragon lizard
  5. Applied to various plants, esp Dracunculus (green dragon), and Dracontium
  6. (with cap) a northern constellation (Draco)
  7. (also with cap) a racing yacht of the International Dragon class, 8.88m (29.2 feet) long
ORIGIN: Fr, from L dracō, -ōnis, from Gr drakōn, -ontos, perh from root drak, as in edrakon, aorist of derkesthai to see clearly

dragˈoness noun

A she-dragon

dragˈonet noun

  1. A little dragon
  2. A brightly coloured fish of the genus Callionymus

dragˈonish adjective

dragˈonism noun

Unremitting watchfulness

dragˈonize or dragˈonise transitive verb

  1. To turn into a dragon
  2. To watch like a dragon

dragˈonlike adjective

dragonné /drag-o-nāˈ/ adjective (heraldry)

Like a dragon in the rear part

dragon arum noun

  1. A European aroid plant (genus Dracunculus)
  2. Dragonroot (US)

dragon boat noun

A Chinese boat decorated to resemble a dragon and used in traditional races

dragˈon-fish noun

  1. A dragonet
  2. A fish of the genus Pegasus

dragˈonfly noun

A predaceous long-bodied often brilliantly-coloured insect of the order Odonata

dragon fruit noun

Same as pitahaya

dragˈonhead or dragˈon's-head noun

A labiate garden plant (genus Dracocephalum; from the shape of the corolla)

dragon lizard noun

  1. A small tree-dwelling East Indian lizard (genus Draco) with parachute of ribs and skin
  2. A S American lizard (genus Thorictis)
  3. A monitor, esp a species (Varanus komodoensis) found in Komodo (in Indonesia), reaching 3 metres (10 feet) in length

dragˈonroot noun (US)

An araceous plant (genus Arisaema) or its tuberous root, used in medicine

dragon's blood noun

A red resinous exudation from the dragon tree and many other trees, used for colouring varnishes, etc

dragˈon-standˈard noun

A standard in, or bearing, the form of a dragon

dragon's teeth plural noun

Concrete anti-tank obstacles

dragon tree noun

  1. A great tree of the Canary Islands (Dracaena draco), remarkable for its resin (a variety of dragon's blood), its growth in thickness like a dicotyledon, and the great age it attains
  2. Any of various other trees of the genus Dracaena

chase the dragon (slang)

To smoke heroin by heating it and inhaling the fumes

to sow dragon's teeth

To stir up trouble, cause contention
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