| 单词 | centaur |
| 释义 | centaur —centaurial, centaurian, centauric, adj. /sen"tawr/, n. 1. Class. Myth. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. 2. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Centaurus. 3. a skillful horseman or horsewoman. 4. (cap.) Rocketry. a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes. [1325-75; ME, OE < L centaurus < Gk kéntauros] |
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