Dragons are described as monsters in most western countries. 在大多数西方国家,龙被认为是怪物。
In dragon boat rowing each person has one oar. 划龙舟时每个人都拿着一枝桨。
This jade dragon is a genuine antique. 这件玉龙是真正的古玩。
dragon
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a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
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a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
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a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
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any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
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dragon \drag"on\ (dr[a^]g"[u^]n), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. dra`kwn, prob. fr. de`rkesqai, dra`kein, to look (akin to Skr. dar[,c] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.
The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt.
Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan.
Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13.
He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2.
2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson.
3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.
5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt.
6. (Zo["o]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}.
7. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon.
{Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[ae]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below).
{Dragon fish} (Zo["o]l.), the dragonet.
{Dragon fly} (Zo["o]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[ae]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[ae] are aquatic and insectivorous.
{Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[ae]ma Dracontium}); green dragon.
{Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {Calamus Rotang} and {Calamus Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[ae]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[ae]corum}.
{Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol ?. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit.
{Dragon shell} (Zo["o]l.), a species of limpet.
{Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth.
{Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol ?. See {Dragon's head} (above).
{Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({Artemisia dracunculus}).
{Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[ae]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[ae]na}.
{Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. ``Dragon water may do good upon him.'' --Randolph (1640).
{Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide.
Since television Westerns are now as rare as dragon's teeth it is a pity this one is not better.
David Holland, grand dragon of the Southern White Knights, was ordered to pay $50,000, the highest of the 11 defendants.
Others say it is a lull, predicting that China will be able to tap investors again for capital. 'We believe the dragon bond market is about to balloon.
In the past, the event was an elaborate daylong block party open to all, complete with children's parades, dragon dances, Chinese acrobatics and firecrackers.
I think people have a right to know if their views are jaundiced by some financial interest." Creeping like a fiery dragon, lava from Kilauea Volcano vaporized two houses and oozed toward four others in a rural subdivision on Hawaii Island.
Not a few detractors portray him as a fire-breathing dragon who is big on threats but short on delivering tangible benefits to his rank and file.
This is turn sparked massive devaluation with the Kwacha tumbling from K85 to the dollar a year ago to K325 in early December. All agree that slaying the inflationary dragon is Zambia's top economic, and social, priority.
Ed Stephens, grand dragon of the Invisible Empire Knights, was ordered to pay $30,000 but he said the marchers may have a hard time collecting it.
Inevitably, these traits put him at odds with the principal, Ms. Musso (Melanie Chartoff), a dragon lady determined to get Parker expelled and yet helplessly unable to thwart his outlandish excuses, scams and schemes.
The trouble with many young TV executives is that they revert to their happy childhood memories when the ratings dragon roars.
Visitors will be treated to events ranging from a dragon kite show in Weifang, Shandong province, to traditional dragon boat races in several major cities.
Visitors will be treated to events ranging from a dragon kite show in Weifang, Shandong province, to traditional dragon boat races in several major cities.
An offering by the dominant nation in the region would open the floodgates for other Asian sovereign and non-sovereign borrowers. Another contentious issue has been the pricing of dragon bonds.
Gollub's removal as grand dragon "points out the senseless hatred that seems to be a part of the Klan.
You can't kill a dragon with one blow.
The mountain symbolizes a dragon, the soothsayer says, and the building is located along a powerful "dragon vein" running down the peak.
The mountain symbolizes a dragon, the soothsayer says, and the building is located along a powerful "dragon vein" running down the peak.
Fleming on Wednesday enjoined the Klan from holding a rally and cross-burning Friday in the yard of Robert Long, grand dragon of the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
It is a fairy tale told from the dragon's perspective.
The location of a quake was supposed to determine which dragon dropped its ball, and the instrument was said to have recorded a quake 400 miles away that could not be felt by people near the bowl.
"Today we see the great dragon being defeated not only by the force of the spear, but also by the healing injection of the free word," he told about 300 at the World Congress of Newspaper Publishers.
The symbol of China is considered lucky for business, marriage and the "dragon babies" born before it ends.
If so, then Brazil can't become a dragon just by importing Taiwanese economic policies.
Sen. Bennett Johnston, D-La., also won re-election in the primary, turning aside a widely publicized challenge by former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon David Duke.
Also, the dragon in a suddenly darkened Act 2 was unpleasantly startling in a production which has Siegfried in Act 1 forge a broken sword with meticulous realism.
"A lot of people told us they'd be happy to join if they could remain anonymous," said Dave Holland, grand dragon of the Southern Knights of the KKK.
The dragon is slain by Lancelot who disappears after the battle as mysteriously as he has arrived.
The lizard, which apparently resembled today's Komodo dragon, was perhaps 8 feet long and may have been a juvenile, Novacek said. It may have eaten young dinosaurs or dinosaur eggs, he said.
A former grand dragon of the KKK in Michigan, Miles was convicted in 1973 in the bombing of empty school buses in Pontiac, Mich., then under a court order to desegregate its schools.
The Chinese first recorded a total solar eclipse in 2137 B.C., regarding them as signs of a battle to death between the sun and the dragon.