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单词 leviathan
释义
leviathanle‧vi‧a‧than /lɪˈvaɪəθən/ noun [countable] literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINleviathan
Origin:
1300-1400 Leviathan a very large sea animal in the Bible, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyathan
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Chops' girlfriend continues watching the approaching doom of the churning waves in front of the leviathan.
  • He said oil slicks from the stricken leviathan still sometimes marred the bay.
  • It is the vast labor pool that global capitalism has tapped into that is the new leviathan.
  • Moving underneath them, the whale then rises, gulping them down in one leviathan mouthful.
  • The busy galleries were attached to the ribs of the leviathan.
  • The Governor's sanctum was a leviathan suffused with the same dreary red light.
  • The justice game was never designed to be played between human beings and these corporate leviathans.
  • What am I that I should assay to hood the nose of this leviathan!
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
1something very large and strong:  a leviathan of a ship2a very large and frightening sea animal
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