| 释义 |
hippocamp|ˈhɪpəʊkæmp|
[ad. late L. hippocampus (see below).]
= hippocampus 1.
1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i. (R.), Fair silver-footed Thetis..Guiding from rockes her chariot's hyppocamps. 1851C. Newton in Ruskin Stones Ven. I. App. xxi. 402 The sea-monsters who draw these chariots are called Hippocamps, composed of the tail of a fish and the fore-part of a horse. |