chimeras n. 嵌合体(chimera的复数)
- Gone are the clumsy chimeras of popular imagination, fit for neither water nor land.
「原始四肢既不适应水域也不适应陆地」,这种大众想像中的笨拙形象,该淘汰了。 - Dong Zhong's series, in its embryonic stage, had no blossoms, birds or surreal chimeras.
董重的这个系列的早年雏形并没有梅花、鸟和超现实的连体。 - Proportion of ICR(I)to C57BL/6(B)contribution in individual chimeras as determined by coat color.
依体表毛色决定源自ICR(I)至C57BL/6(B)品系之嵌合小鼠个体之嵌合程度。
Chimera \Chime"ra\, n.; pl. {Chimeras}. [L. chimaera a chimera
(in sense 1), Gr. ? a she-goat, a chimera, fr. ? he-goat; cf.
Icel. qymbr a yearling ewe.]
1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as
having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the
tail of a dragon. ``Dire chimeras and enchanted isles.''
--Milton.
2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the
imagination; as, the chimera of an author. --Burke.