| 单词 | bird of wonder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird of wonder bird of wonder n. now rare (a name for) the phoenix. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > types of mythical bird > phoenix phoenixOE Arabian bird1596 bird of wonder1611 phoenicle1711 fum1820 palm-bird1854 1611 D. Murray Tragicall Death Sophonisba sig. C5 That sole bird of wonder, Th' Arabian Phœnix. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 21 Impostors..like the Bird of Wonder, flye the light of the Citie. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iv. 40 The Bird of Wonder dyes, the Mayden Phoenix. View more context for this quotation 1906 J. Vinycomb Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art 173 ‘The bird of wonder’ is said to have appeared in Egypt five times. 1996 Internat. Jrnl. Philos. Relig. 40 90 This bird of wonder, as Shakespeare called it,..burns itself up and then rises from its ashes with renewed vigor. < as lemmas |
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