hippocentaur

hippocentaur — 名詞

1. in ancient Greek stories, a creature with the upper body of a human and the lowe

1.名詞C2
釋義

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

例句

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

常見搭配
  • statue of a hippocentaur
  • a hippocentaur named [name]
  • painted with a hippocentaur
  • wooden hippocentaur
同義詞
  • 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.

同根字

  • centaur
    名詞B2
  • centaurian
    形容詞C2