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单词 dragon
释义
dragondrag‧on /ˈdræɡən/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdragon
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Greek drakon ‘large snake’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Anyone between five and 11 can enter, and the task is to draw, paint or model a green dragon.
  • As the strength of the dragons waned so did the power of the Dragon Princes.
  • Is there anything in the dressing-up box that looks like dragon skin?
  • Now the dragons are few and those that are left slumber deeply.
  • There, a little way along, a dragon had been painted on the wall in green.
  • With the Sun in its present state of inactivity there are unlikely to be any dragons worth chasing.
  • Word arrived from Caledor that the dragons had been roused.
word sets
WORD SETS
abominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· He was the most reliable, in spite of that old dragon he married.· Flame leaked from the nostrils of his proud old dragon.· I just became a vinegary old dragon, and all my bitterness turned in on myself and affected my heart.
VERB
· He is the lone crusader righting wrongs, rescuing damsels, killing dragons.
· Is there anything in the dressing-up box that looks like dragon skin?· It looked like a dragon, or some type of crocodile.· Through the mists of agony and fear he looked back at the dragon.· She may look like a fire-breathing dragon, but butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.· Rincewind made the mistake of glancing downwards, and found himself looking through the dragon to the treetops below.· As the rocks flashed into furnace heat he looked up at the dragon that now occupied more than half the cell.
· No, I suppose not. Slay the dragons, feed the poor.
1a large imaginary animal that has wings and a long tail and can breathe out fire2a woman who behaves in an angry, unfriendly way chase the dragon at chase1(7)
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