chimera是什么意思（chimera的用法）

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一、chimera是什么意思

1、chimera 喀迈拉

2、来自PIE*gheim, 雪，冬季，词源同hibernation, 冬眠。字面意思即传说中的雪怪。

二、chimera的用法

1、chimera (n.)

2、fabulous monster, late 14c., from Old French chimere or directly from Medieval Latin chimera, from Latin Chimaera, from Greek khimaira, name of a mythical creature, slain by Bellerophon, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (supposedly personification of snow or winter); literally "year-old she-goat" (masc. khimaros), from kheima "winter season" (see hibernation). Figurative meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1580s in English (attested 13c. in French).Beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun. [Wyclif, "Prologue"]

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