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单词 hippogriff
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Definition of hippogriff in English:

hippogriff

(also hippogryph)
noun ˈhɪpə(ʊ)ɡrɪfˈhɪpəˌɡrɪf
  • A mythical creature with the body of a horse and the wings and head of an eagle, born of the union of a male griffin and a filly.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold.
    • Unlike chimeras or hippogriffs, dragons were much stronger, fiercer, and generally harder to kill.
    • Nor were there airplanes - hippogriffs were the only method of aerial transportation.
    • The hero, Roger, is a knight who rides a mythical animal, a hippogriff (a winged horse that has talons and the beak of a hawk).
    • When flying directly over Fyynatis on the back of a hippogriff, you may catch a glimpse of fire within its depths.
    • The coffin shattered into a million pieces while the hind legs and the wings of the hippogriff vaporized.
    • Gronauer led them to five empty stalls, right next to each other, and situated the hippogriffs in their new home.
    • Dad says I can have the hippogriff's head.
    • She marveled the effortless beating of the hippogriff's wings, the speed at which the water passed under them.
    • She only had a sarcastic and cynical servant, and a touchy hippogriff.
    • Despite an advantage in source material, Cuaron still makes his talent evident, and, like Harry riding bareback on the hippogriff, soars.
    • I'll take a shower, change, throw these out, and we'll get my hippogriff.
    • As a griffin/centaur, the hippogriff, too, suggests Christ's divine conquest of the passions, as evidenced by his donkey ride into Jerusalem.
    • The hippogriff threw her back against the rock.
    • He then, mounted on the hippogriff, rescues Angelica from the Orc.
    • From it, blown green glass dolphins supported a smaller basin from which sprang bizarre blown-glass hippogriffs.
    • He cannot perform spells, but his magic power is so great that we can feed from it and defeat the hippogriffs.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo, from Greek hippos 'horse' + Italian grifo 'griffin'.

 
 

Definition of hippogriff in US English:

hippogriff

(also hippogryph)
nounˈhipəˌɡrifˈhɪpəˌɡrɪf
  • A mythical creature with the body of a horse and the wings and head of an eagle, born of the union of a male griffin and a filly.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When flying directly over Fyynatis on the back of a hippogriff, you may catch a glimpse of fire within its depths.
    • I'll take a shower, change, throw these out, and we'll get my hippogriff.
    • As a griffin/centaur, the hippogriff, too, suggests Christ's divine conquest of the passions, as evidenced by his donkey ride into Jerusalem.
    • She marveled the effortless beating of the hippogriff's wings, the speed at which the water passed under them.
    • He cannot perform spells, but his magic power is so great that we can feed from it and defeat the hippogriffs.
    • Nor were there airplanes - hippogriffs were the only method of aerial transportation.
    • Dad says I can have the hippogriff's head.
    • Gronauer led them to five empty stalls, right next to each other, and situated the hippogriffs in their new home.
    • The hippogriff threw her back against the rock.
    • Unlike chimeras or hippogriffs, dragons were much stronger, fiercer, and generally harder to kill.
    • She only had a sarcastic and cynical servant, and a touchy hippogriff.
    • He then, mounted on the hippogriff, rescues Angelica from the Orc.
    • The hero, Roger, is a knight who rides a mythical animal, a hippogriff (a winged horse that has talons and the beak of a hawk).
    • From it, blown green glass dolphins supported a smaller basin from which sprang bizarre blown-glass hippogriffs.
    • The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold.
    • The coffin shattered into a million pieces while the hind legs and the wings of the hippogriff vaporized.
    • Despite an advantage in source material, Cuaron still makes his talent evident, and, like Harry riding bareback on the hippogriff, soars.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo, from Greek hippos ‘horse’ + Italian grifo ‘griffin’.

 
 
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