chimera

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kaɪˈmɪəɹə/|/kɪˈmɪəɹə/    美 /kaɪˈmɪɹə/|/kəˈmɪɹə/|/kaɪˈmerə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon. Greek,alt-of
    — ...beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun...
  2. Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
    — A voice had called him forth to think in solitude—a voice he durst not resist, the awful one of the future. It fell on John's heart like the mutter of approaching desolation. He heard it coming on, as the spell-bound in a hideous dream await, wordless and shivering, the progress of some chimera monster, whose grasp is to crush and destroy.
  3. A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination. figuratively
    — In the middle of theſe Cogitations, Apprehenſions, and Reflections, it came into my Thought one day, that all this might be a mere Chimera of my own; and that this Foot might be the Print of my own Foot, when I came on Shore from my Boat: This chear'd me up a little too, and I began to perſuade myſelf it was all a Deluſion; that it was nothing elſe but my own Foot; and why might I not come that way from the Boat, as well as I was going that way to the Boat: […]
  4. Anything composed of very disparate parts. figuratively
    — He built his car one piece at a time, producing a chimera with the head of a Volkswagen, the body of a Geely, and the tail of an aftermarket Porsche.
  5. A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.
    — A chimera is essentially a hybrid animal made up of various animal parts. The famous parapet chimeras on the north tower of Notre Dame in Paris, especially the brooding double-horned fellow with protruding tongue on the west parapet originally assumed to relate to a thirteenth-century model, are classic examples.
  6. An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.
    — The DNA test returned a false negative because the killer was a chimera, having absorbed her twin in utero.
  7. Alternative form of chimaera, a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin. alt-of,alternative
    — The chimeras […] are an extant group of about 30 species. They have the upper jaw fused with the cranium and a gill cover over the four gill slits. They also have toothy plates that give them a ratlike appearance, thus the common name "ratfish." The group occurs in ocean depths worldwide, where they mainly feed on invertebrates.
  8. Synonym of bogeyman: any terrifying thing, especially as an unreal, imagined threat. figuratively
    — How could that Chymera haue come in any mannes mynd?

词形变化

chimeras plural chimaera alternative,archaic chimæra alternative,archaic chimere alternative,obsolete chymera alternative,obsolete chemera alternative,obsolete chymæra alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
ghost shark rabbitfish ratfish
反义词
monolith
衍生词
allochimera bichimera the name of one of the ships of Æneas chimeragenesis chimeral chimeralike chimeric chimerical chimerise chimerism chimerization microchimera multichimera tetragametic chimera xenochimera
相关词
Chimaera chimere

词源

Variant of Middle English chimere, chymere, & chymera under renewed Latin influence from the 16th century, from French chimère, from Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing mythological monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”, from χίμαρος (khímaros, “male goat”) + -α (-a)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-. In reference to the fish, directly from Latin Chimaera, used by Linnaeus. In reference to organisms with distinct areas of different genetic makeups, a calque of German Chimäre, used by Hans Winkler in 1907.
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