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dragon

[ drag-uhn ]

noun

  1. a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
  2. Archaic. a huge serpent or snake.
  3. Bible. a large animal, possibly a large snake or crocodile.
  4. the dragon, Satan.
  5. a fierce, violent person.
  6. a very watchful and strict woman; duenna.
  7. Botany. any of several araceous plants, as Arisaema dracontium green dragon, or dragonroot, the flowers of which have a long, slender spadix and a green, shorter spathe.
  8. a short musket carried by a mounted infantryman in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  9. a soldier armed with such a musket. dragoon ( defs 1, 2, 3 ).
  10. Dragon, Astronomy. the constellation Draco.


dragon

/ 藞诲谤忙伞蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a mythical monster usually represented as breathing fire and having a scaly reptilian body, wings, claws, and a long tail
  2. informal.
    a fierce or intractable person, esp a woman
  3. any of various very large lizards, esp the Komodo dragon
  4. any of various North American aroid plants, esp the green dragon
  5. Christianity a manifestation of Satan or an attendant devil
  6. a yacht of the International Dragon Class, 8.88m long (29.2 feet), used in racing
  7. chase the dragon slang.
    to smoke opium or heroin
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞诲谤补驳辞苍颈蝉丑, adjective
  • 藞诲谤补驳辞苍别蝉蝉, noun:feminine
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲谤补驳路辞苍路颈蝉丑 adjective
  • 诲谤补驳路辞苍路濒颈办别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dragon1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin 诲谤补肠艒苍- (stem of 诲谤补肠艒 ), from Greek 诲谤谩办艒苍 the name of a kind of serpent, probably originally an epithet, 鈥渢he (sharp-)sighted one,鈥 akin to 诲茅谤办别蝉迟丑补颈 鈥渢o look鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of dragon1

C13: from Old French, from Latin 诲谤补肠艒, from Greek 诲谤补办艒苍; related to drakos eye
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. chase the dragon, Slang. to inhale the vapor of heated heroin or another opiate drug.
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Example Sentences

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In the 鈥淎vatar鈥 universe, it鈥檚 a type of mountain dragon.

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It depicts St George slaying a dragon, which lies among broken fragments of US and Soviet missiles.

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Creatures abound, such as a shape-shifting mimic disguised as a chest, and yes, of course there will be a dragon, here seen as a projection.

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Stanton鈥檚 dragon aunt is up in arms that her nephew is engaged to Elinor when he鈥檚 already promised to one of her two daughters, whose names and identities she can鈥檛 even keep straight.

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"If you're in an amazing world with castles and dragons, seeing a telephone pole removes you from that story".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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