α. late Middle English–1500s belue, late Middle English bellue.
β. 1500s–1600s belua, 1600s bellua, 1600s belva.
单词 | belua |
释义 | † beluan.α. late Middle English–1500s belue, late Middle English bellue. β. 1500s–1600s belua, 1600s bellua, 1600s belva. Obsolete. A huge or monstrous creature or beast; spec. a sea monster, a whale.In quot. 1643: spec. ‘the Beast’ of the Apocalypse which is described coming from the sea and represented numerologically by the number 666 (or 616) in Revelation 13. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > aquatic animal > marine animal beluac1440 sea-beast?c1450 sea monsterc1595 submarine1703 sea-animal1745 c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 15 He delyuered Andromeda fro the bellue. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cxxii/1 That he..shold be deuoured in the see of belues and grete fysshes [Fr. des belues, L. a marinis belluis]. ?1530 Dialoges Creatures Moralysed xxxix. sig. Miiiv Venter Marinus. Is a belue of the see Whiche sechith his meate both in the watyr and in the londe. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 65 A Belue... Thys is a great fishe in the Sea, and is called Belua. He casteth out water at hys iowes, with vapoure of good smell. 1643 W. Slatyer Compl. Christian v. ii. 675 The Belua more graced with number and force then wisedome could ever have. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xvi. 364/2 A Belva, is a vast Sea Monster, like the Balena; it hath two Feet like a Duck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1440 |
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