hippocentaur
hippocentaur — noun
1. in ancient Greek stories, a creature with the upper body of a human and the lowe
in ancient Greek stories, a creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse
Amara's favourite part of the museum was the statue of a hippocentaur.
statue of a hippocentaur — noun used in art and museum contexts
In the old story, a hippocentaur named Chiron taught heroes like Achilles.
hippocentaur named [proper name] for specific mythological figures
When Hassan visited Greece, he saw a vase painted with a hippocentaur.
The children acted out a myth with one student playing a hippocentaur.
Boris carved a wooden hippocentaur for his art class at school last term.
- centaur
the common shorter form; hippocentaur is the fuller, less frequent version
文法句型
hippocentaur + verb
a hippocentaur named [name]
用法筆記
Formal or literary variant of centaur, found mostly in texts about classical mythology.