单词 | bandersnatch |
释义 | bandersnatchn. A fleet, furious, fuming, fabulous creature, of dangerous propensities, immune to bribery and too fast to flee from; later, used vaguely to suggest any creature with such qualities. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of calesc1300 yalec1425 tiger1481 su1568 succarath1594 rhinocerot1613 bunyip1848 bandersnatch1871 Omophore1871 taotie1915 pushmi-pullyu1922 shmoo1948 kaiju1972 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 22 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! 1876 ‘L. Carroll’ Hunting of Snark vii. 72 But the Bandersnatch merely extended its neck And grabbed at the Banker again. 1908 Daily Chron. 19 Aug. 7/4 ‘There may be a bandersnatch,’ he said doubtfully, dusting the ground with his palmetto fan. 1936 C. S. Lewis Allegory of Love vii. 301 Always, at the critical moment, a strange knight, a swift ship, a bandersnatch or a boojum, breaks in. 1959 C. S. Lewis Let. 15 May (1966) 287 No one ever influenced Tolkien—you might as well try to influence a bandersnatch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1871 |
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