wyvern

n. (纹章上的)双足飞龙

发音

UK /ˈwaɪvən/
其它
UK /ˈwɪvən/
UK /ˈwiːvən/
US /ˈwaɪvəɹn/
US /ˈwɪvəɹn/
US /ˈwiːvəɹn/

词形变化

wyverns 复数 wyverns

别名

wivern wiver wyver

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

    双足龙

    政治 纹章 宗教 神话 哲学

    Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

wivern

上位词 2

dragon firedrake

词源

Alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Vulgar Latin *vivra, *vibra, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). Doublet of weever and viper. Related to viviparous.

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