Chimera
[kaɪ'mɪərə;kɪ-] or [kaɪ'mɪrə]
[kaɪ'mɪrə]
解释:
(noun.) a grotesque product of the imagination.
(noun.) (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.
校对:惠特尼--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon.
(n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author.
录入:莉娜
同义词及近义词:
n. Illusion, hallucination, delusion, fantasy, phantom, dream, idle fancy, creature of the imagination.
校对:莱斯利
解释:
n. a fabulous fire-spouting monster with a lion's head a serpent's tail and a goat's body: any idle or wild fancy: a picture of an animal having its parts made up of various animals: a genus of cartilaginous fishes often ranked along with the sharks and rays.—adjs. Chimer′ic -al of the nature of a chimera: wild: fanciful.—adv. Chimer′ically.
校对:鲁珀特
例句:
- The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- In fact, in her case self-accusation was a chimera. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- As I groped out the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to be a mere chimera. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- During the intervening period I had no time to nurse chimeras; and I believe I was as active and gay as anybody--Adele excepted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of little worth. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
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