单词 | unicorn |
释义 | Related topics: Folkloreu·ni·corn /ˈjuːnəkɔːn $ -ɔːrn/ noun [countable] RFan imaginary animal like a white horse with a long straight horn growing on its head 〔传说中似白马的〕独角兽Examples from the Corpusunicorn• She is a unicorn, thought Jay, contriving ways to have their paths cross.• Among the existing pseudo-entities, ghosts and unicorns are not especially dangerous.• During his chaste vigil he had a vision of wolves, bears, lions, leopards and unicorns.• In the Empire they would be called unicorn.• There are also problems with words like unicorn, roc, elf and dragon.• She doodled a small, ugly dwarf, then a couple of unicorns.• Pope Gregory the Great had spoken of taming the wild unicorn, symbol of the man of power.Origin unicorn (1200-1300) Old French unicorne, from Late Latin unicornis, from Latin uni- + cornu “horn”u·ni·corn nounChineseSyllable white an imaginary a animal horse like Corpus |
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