Corvus
['kɔ:vəs]
解释:
(noun.) type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens.
(noun.) a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo.
戴维斯整理--From WordNet
例句:
- Then as the Carthaginian rammed or swept alongside, this _corvus_, as it was called, could be let down and the boarders could swarm aboard him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- According to rule they out-man?uvred and defeated the Romans, but the _corvus_ again defeated them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The small amount of invention needed to counteract the _corvus_ was not apparently within the compass of the Carthaginian rulers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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