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单词
centaur
释义
centaur
cen‧taur
/
ˈsentɔː
$
-tɔːr
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
centaur
Origin:
1300-1400
Latin
Centaurus
, from
Greek
Kentauros
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A couple of
centaurs
burst out of the bushes ahead of them and cantered away down the path.
It portrayed the
centaur
Cheiron with his family.
Rufus was a bit of a
centaur
himself, a big roan stallion, and she was a little cat-eyed - waif.
The
centaur
babies had fallen asleep.
The guests fell upon the
centaurs
and drove them out of the country, so they are now a rare sight indeed.
The satyrs are goat-men and the
centaurs
are half man, half horse.
Witness their behaviour at the Lapithae wedding feast when the
centaur
Eurythion tried to rape the bride.
Young ladies of delicate breeding seldom relish being mounted by
centaurs
.
word sets
WORD SETS
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Mythology
centaur,
noun
chimera,
noun
Cyclops,
noun
deity,
noun
demigod,
noun
faun,
noun
god,
noun
griffin,
noun
gryphon,
noun
Hades,
noun
legend,
noun
lotus,
noun
myth,
noun
mythic,
adjective
mythical,
adjective
nymph,
noun
oracle,
noun
saga,
noun
satyr,
noun
sphinx,
noun
wyvern,
noun
a creature in ancient Greek stories with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the body and legs of a horse
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energetically
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energy
energy-efficient
enervate
enervated
enervating
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