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单词 centaur
释义
centaurcen‧taur /ˈsentɔː $ -tɔːr/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcentaur
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros
Examples
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  • 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
centaur, nounchimera, nounCyclops, noundeity, noundemigod, nounfaun, noungod, noungriffin, noungryphon, nounHades, nounlegend, nounlotus, nounmyth, nounmythic, adjectivemythical, adjectivenymph, nounoracle, nounsaga, nounsatyr, nounsphinx, nounwyvern, 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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