英语词汇“hippogriff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hippogriff

/ˈhɪpə(ʊ)ɡrɪf

(also hippogryph)

noun

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.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)....

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.

Origin

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

单词	hippogriff
释义	hippogriff /ˈhɪpə(ʊ)ɡrɪf / (also hippogryph) noun 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.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).... 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. Origin Mid 17th century: from French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo, from Greek hippos 'horse' + Italian grifo 'griffin'.
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