unicorn

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n. 似马的独角兽 [医] 单角的

发音

UK /ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn/
AU
US /ˈju.nɪ.kɔɹn/

词形变化

unicorns 复数 unicorns unicorned unicorning unicorns 三单 unicorning 现在分词 unicorned 过去式 unicorned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

独角兽;麒麟

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mythical horse, widely believed to exist until the 17th century, with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם): a reem or wild ox.

    宗教
  3. 3.

    Certain animals:

    Any large beetle having a horn-like prominence on the head or prothorax, especially the Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus.

  4. 4.

    Certain animals:

    A caterpillar, Schizura unicornis, with a large thorn-like spine on the back near its head.

  5. 5.

    Certain animals:

    The kamichi, or unicorn bird.

  6. 6.

    Certain animals:

    A Siberian unicorn, †Elasmotherium sibiricum.

  7. 7.

    Certain animals:

    An Asian unicorn, or saola, Pseudoryx nghetinhensis.

  8. 8.

    A howitzer.

    政治 军事
  9. 9.

    Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

  10. 10.

    Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

    A single, usually bisexual woman who participates in swinging or polyamory.

    俚语
  11. 11.

    Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

    A person with multidisciplinary expertise, especially a laundry list of three or more skills in a young field such as UX design or data science (e.g., domain knowledge, statistics, and software engineering).

    商务
  12. 12.

    Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

    A startup company whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, which is solely backed by venture capitalists, and which has yet to have an IPO.

    独角兽企业

    独角兽

    商务 金融
  13. 13.

    Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.

    A fan with serious aspirations to become romantically involved with a VTuber (i.e., the streamer behind the avatar).

  14. 14.

    Being many (especially pastel) colours; multicoloured.

    定语

    unicorn smoothies

  15. 15.

    A 15th-century Scottish gold coin worth 18 shillings, bearing the image of a unicorn.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.

    商务 金融
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having one horn.

  2. 2.

    Rare and hard to find.

相关短语

词源

From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”). Displaced native Old English ānhorn, itself a calque. Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee and first used in a 2013 article.

来源:wiktionary