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basilisk

/bas-uh-lisk, baz-/US // ˈbæs ə lɪsk, ˈbæz- //UK // (ˈbæzɪˌlɪsk) //

玄武岩,玄武门,玄武湖

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Classical Mythology. a creature, variously described as a serpent, lizard, or dragon, said to kill by its breath or look.
    • : any of several tropical American iguanid lizards of the genus Basiliscus, noted for their ability to run across the surface of water on their hind legs.

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Examples

  • Just ask any of the ladies who have been privileged enough to enter my "chamber of secrets" and "meet my basilisk."

  • A basilisk, a sword, and a phoenix mean only one thing for Harry Potter: an excursion into the mysterious chamber.

  • Kayani sat in basilisk silence during the parliamentary session.

  • No sooner does Hermione discover that the creature is a basilisk when Ginny Weasley, Ron's little sister, goes missing.

  • But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell full upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror.

  • It was close by that the blessed Sirus "drew out the dreadful serpent named Basilisk in the year 550."

  • He stared at the open letter as if it possessed the eyes of a basilisk.

  • And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den.

  • Captain Cavendish tried to look about him, which he had not ventured to do before, under those basilisk eyes.