unicorn

英 ['juːnɪkɔːn] 美 ['junɪkɔrn]
  • n. 独角兽;麒麟

中文词源


unicorn 独角兽

uni-, 一,词源同unit,corn, 角。用来指神话传说中的独角兽。

英文词源


unicorn
unicorn: [13] Legends of a one-horned beast abounded in ancient times, perhaps inspired by the rhinoceros, or a sideways view of an antelope. When the early Greek translators of the Hebrew Bible came across the word re’em, which seems to have denoted a sort of wild ox, they rendered it monókerōs (literally ‘onehorn’), perhaps identifying it with the rhinoceros. The Vulgate turned this into Latin as unicornis, a noun use of an already existent Latin adjective meaning ‘one-horned’, formed from ūnus ‘one’ and cornū ‘horn’ (a relative of English horn).
=> horn
unicorn (n.)
early 13c., from Old French unicorne, from Late Latin unicornus (Vulgate), from noun use of Latin unicornis (adj.) "having one horn," from uni- "one" (see uni-) + cornus "horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)).

The Late Latin word translates Greek monoceros, itself rendering Hebrew re'em (Deut. xxxiii.17 and elsewhere), which probably was a kind of wild ox. According to Pliny, a creature with a horse's body, deer's head, elephant's feet, lion's tail, and one black horn two cubits long projecting from its forehead. Compare German Einhorn, Welsh ungorn, Breton uncorn, Old Church Slavonic ino-rogu.

双语例句


1. The unicorn is an imaginary beast.
独角兽是幻想出来的动物.

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2. He's modelled a unicorn in wax.
他用蜡制作了一个独角兽.

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3. UNICORN Corporation technique . At present UNICORN Corporation's digital programmable DC load for sale has advanced technique.
目前,UNICORN株式会社销售的数字式可程式直流电子负载具有先进的技术.

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4. I believe unicorn was once living in the world.
我相信独角兽曾经生活在这个世界。

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5. The captain of the Unicorn was led to the royal palace.
“独角兽号”船长被引进王宫.

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