| 单词 | water monster |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater monster water monster n. ΚΠ 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 48v Besides it is not inconuenient to set forth in this place the pourtrait of a fishe flying, or rather a water monster [Fr. monstre aquatique], which is the chiefe cause that I haue vndertaken this treatise of fishes. 1700 R. Blackmore Isaiah xiv, in Paraphr. Job 257 On thy Shore shall Water-Monsters howl. 1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. 60 What is the Avanc, the water-monster, of whom every lake-side in Wales, and her proverbial speech, and her music, to this day preserve the tradition? 1987 W. Hagelund Whalers no More xiii. 177 In British Columbia we have two fabled water monsters, one in Okanagan Lake and another in the Cadboro Bay area of Victoria. < as lemmas |
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