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单词 chimera
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chimera

noun
/kaɪˈmɪərə/
/kaɪˈmɪrə/
(also chimaera)
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  1. (in ancient Greek stories) a creature with a lion's head, a goat's body and a snake’s tail that can breathe out fire
  2. (formal) an impossible idea or hope
  3. (biology) an organism (= a living thing) that contains a mixture of genetically different tissues
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek khimaira ‘she-goat or chimera’.
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