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

bestiary

/ˈbɛstɪəri

noun (plural bestiaries)

A descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various kinds of animal, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone.They typically demand some bizarre chimera: a part goat, part rooster sort of monster appropriate to a medieval bestiary or science fiction....

Reminded me of reading in a medieval bestiary how lions would rescue people, and feeling rather superior as I read it.
Long-faced, often sporting four horns, it resembles a creature in a medieval bestiary.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bestia 'beast'.

单词	bestiary
释义	bestiary /ˈbɛstɪəri / noun (plural bestiaries) A descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various kinds of animal, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone.They typically demand some bizarre chimera: a part goat, part rooster sort of monster appropriate to a medieval bestiary or science fiction.... Reminded me of reading in a medieval bestiary how lions would rescue people, and feeling rather superior as I read it. Long-faced, often sporting four horns, it resembles a creature in a medieval bestiary. Origin Mid 19th century: from medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bestia 'beast'. Rhymes vestiary
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