| 单词 | chimera |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kai'miərə] |
| 解释 | n.神话怪物；梦幻 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 神话怪物 (fabulous monster)；梦幻 (an impossible or foolish fancy) 【考】 melodrama : subtlety / chimera : authenticity(情节剧不微妙/幻想 不真实) 【记】 原指希腊神话中一种 狮头羊身蛇尾的会喷 火的女妖怪;发音像中 文的'骑马啦' |
| 字源 | chimera (n.) fabulous monster, late 14c., from Old French chimere or directly from Medieval Latin chimera, from Latin Chimaera, from Greek khimaira, name of a mythical creature, slain by Bellerophon, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (supposedly personification of snow or winter); literally "year-old she-goat" (masc. khimaros), from kheima "winter season" (see hibernation). Figurative meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1580s in English (attested 13c. in French).Beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun. [Wyclif, "Prologue"] |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 虚构的怪物(由奇形怪状的、不相干的部份组成的一种虚构的怪物) = monster; 奇想 = fancy 【源】原指希腊神话中吐火女怪凯米拉(狮头、羊身、蛇尾) 【记】chi吃, me我, ra拉: 大妖怪吃我来了! 【参】chimerical(adj 异想天开的; 幻想的; 爱空想的) 【类】melodrama: subtlety = chimera: authenticity情节剧缺乏微妙 = 幻想缺乏真实 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】chimney 烟囱里冒出的烟奇型怪状，如头像羊，身子象狮子的怪物；camera可以任意发挥你的想象力去拍照什么东西 |
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