Chimera

喀迈拉

发音

US /kaɪˈmɪɹə/
US /kəˈmɪɹə/
UK /kʌɪˈmɪəɹə/
UK /kɪˈmɪəɹə/

别名

Chimaera

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

    喀迈拉

    宗教 神话 哲学

    CHIMERA, a fabulous monſter...

  2. 2.

    A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.

    CHIMERA... The foundation of the fable was, that in Lycia there was a burning mountain, or vulcano, of this name; that the top of this mountain was ſeldom without lions, nor the middle, which had very good graſs, without goats; that ſerpents bred at the bottom, which was marſhy; and that Bellerophon rendered the mountain habitable.

  3. 3.

    Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.

    历史

    CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...

  4. 4.

    Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.

    历史

词源

As the mythological beast, a variant case form of chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, directly from Latin mons Chimaera (“Mount Chimera”), from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira), attested in Strabo.

来源：wiktionary