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单词 unicorn
释义
unicornu‧ni‧corn /ˈjuːnəkɔːn $ -ɔːrn/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINunicorn
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French unicorne, from Late Latin unicornis, from Latin uni- + cornu ‘horn’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Among the existing pseudo-entities, ghosts and unicorns are not especially dangerous.
  • During his chaste vigil he had a vision of wolves, bears, lions, leopards and unicorns.
  • In the Empire they would be called unicorn.
  • Pope Gregory the Great had spoken of taming the wild unicorn, symbol of the man of power.
  • She doodled a small, ugly dwarf, then a couple of unicorns.
  • She is a unicorn, thought Jay, contriving ways to have their paths cross.
  • There are also problems with words like unicorn, roc, elf and dragon.
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
an imaginary animal like a white horse with a long straight horn growing on its head
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