alicorn

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/    美 /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A unicorn. archaic,countable,uncountable
  2. A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head. proscribed
    — The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything.
  3. The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient. countable,historical,uncountable
    — He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.

词形变化

alicorns plural alicorns plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Italian alicornobor.
English alicorn
Borrowed from Italian alicorno.
词源 2
Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) with unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.
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