hippocentaur
hippocentaur — 名詞
1. in ancient Greek stories, a creature with the upper body of a human and the lowe
半人馬
神話中上半身為人、下半身為馬的怪物
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.
阿瑪拉在博物館最喜歡的部分是一尊半人馬雕像。
statue of a hippocentaur — noun used in art and museum contexts
In the old story, a hippocentaur named Chiron taught heroes like Achilles.
在那個古老的故事裡，一匹名叫凱隆的半人馬教導了阿基里斯等英雄。
hippocentaur named [proper name] for specific mythological figures
When Hassan visited Greece, he saw a vase painted with a hippocentaur.
哈桑造訪希臘時，看到一只繪有半人馬的花瓶。
The children acted out a myth with one student playing a hippocentaur.
孩子們演出了一則神話故事，其中一名學生扮演半人馬。
Boris carved a wooden hippocentaur for his art class at school last term.
鮑里斯上學期為美術課雕刻了一隻木製半人馬。
- 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.