单词 | unicorn |
释义 | unicorn n.   1. a a fabulous animal with a horse's body and a single straight horn. b a heraldic representation of this, with a twisted horn, a deer's feet, a goat's beard, and a lion's tail. c used in old translations of the Old Testament for the Hebrew re'em, a two-horned animal, probably a wild ox.   2. a a pair of horses and a third horse in front. b an equipage with these.   3. (in full unicorn whale or sea-unicorn) the narwhal. Etymology: ME f. OF unicorne f. L unicornis f. UNI- + cornu horn, transl. Gk monoceros |
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