| 单词 | river dragon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver dragon river dragon n. (a) the Nile crocodile (chiefly with allusion to a Pharaoh of ancient Egypt); (b) a mythical creature said to inhabit rivers in China. ΚΠ 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 191 Thus with ten wounds This River-dragon..submits To let his sojourners depart. View more context for this quotation 1788 W. Huntington Servant of Lord 18 He was raised up..and sent, by God himself, to deliver the Children of Israel from Pharaoh, that river dragon. 1880 Mrs. J. H. Gray Fourteen Months in Canton xix. 215 The river dragon is much feared, and therefore much worshipped, by the population living in boats. 1921 F. H. Martens tr. R. Wilhelm Chinese Fairy Bk. lxii. 216 When the Duke was crossing the Yellow River, wind and waters rose. A river-dragon snapped up one of the steeds of the chariot and tore it away. 1999 Express 10 June 29/1 Hard by the lilied Nile I saw a duskish river dragon stretched along. 2006 C. Scrace & G. Legg Dragons 40 Bridges bear dragon shapes in honour of the river dragons. < as lemmas |
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