| 单词 | water bull |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater bull water bull n. (in folklore, esp. in Scotland and the Isle of Man) an amphibious animal resembling a bull. [Apparently originally (with reference to the Isle of Man and Scotland) after Manx tarroo ushtey and its equivalent Scottish Gaelic tarbh uisge (1815 or earlier; < tarbh bull + uisge water: see usquebaugh n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of > like an animal sea-wolf1297 water bulla1731 water cow1794 ngarara1901 troll-bull1902 jackalope1950 a1731 G. Waldron Descr. Isle of Man 147 in Compl. Wks. (1731) The Water-Bull. 1815 W. Scott Let. 22 Dec. (1933) IV. 145 The persuasion of the solitary shepherds who approach its [sc. a lake's] banks, is that it is tenanted by a very large amphibious animal calld by them a water-bull. 1889 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 4 274 Two young Galeka girls..testified to having seen among the reeds of a remote mere or lagoon, not far from the mouth of the Kei River, the ‘Water Bull’, who plays a prominent part in Kaffir demonology. 1896 A. W. Moore Manx Ballads & Music 71 What if the spotted Water-bull, And the Glastin would take thee? 1907 Trans. Gaelic Soc. Inverness 25 129 Lochan-an-tairbh-uisge is situated on Mornish hill, and there a water bull is said to have had his abode in the days of yore. 1941 Amer. Anthropologist 43 600 In the story of the Water Bull, a Blackfoot girl was stolen by an underwater person while she was bathing. 2002 M. Fleming Not of this World 147 Although seldom seen or heard, water bulls were believed to be numerous, inhabiting waters on the moors and hills all over the Highlands. < as lemmas |
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