单词 | uniped |
释义 | unipedn.adj. A. n. A person or creature having only one foot or leg. Cf. monopod n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > one-footed uniped1801 monopod1817 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iv. 218 (note) One of these unipeds is represented in a print lying on his back, under the shade of his own great foot. 1868 Galaxy Mar. 336 Because the most beautiful of the Nereides trips through our memories as silver-footed Thetis, do, we, therefore, think of her as a unipede? 1897 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 536 An endless variety of quaint queer unipeds. 1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 56/2 A pair of nylon stockings lasts twice as long when you're a uniped. 1999 P. L. Wilson Ploughing Clouds viii. 75 The Centaurs, Cyclopses, Medusas, Unipedes, and other monsters of primal oneness. 2012 A. Kolodny In Search of First Contact ii. 90 Medieval European scholars generally believed that Unipeds..lived in Africa. B. adj. Having only one foot or leg. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > having one or two two-footedc1374 one-footed1440 bipedal1607 two-foot1620 biped1799 uniped1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. 125 [These] Molluscans..are the only instance of a unipede structure in creation. 1881 R. M. Dorman Origin Primitive Superstitions iii. 83 They had the human form, as had also the famous giant god called Aggodagoda, who was uniped. 1983 N. J. Girardot Myth & Meaning in Early Taoism vi. 203 The uniped and serpent qualities of these figures..are significant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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