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bestiary

/bes-chee-er-ee, bees-/US // ˈbɛs tʃiˌɛr i, ˈbis- //UK // (ˈbɛstɪərɪ) //

兽皮书,兽类图鉴,兽类图谱,兽类图录

Related Words

parable比喻,比方说,比拟myth神话,神话故事,神话传说,神話yarn纱线,纱布,纱,纺纱fiction虚构,小说,虚构的,幻想tale故事,岈,岈语fantasy幻想,梦幻,幻象,幻觉legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话falsehood谬误,谬论,假话,虚伪性invention发明,发明创造,发明的,发明的东西crock罐子,罐头,炖锅,炖菜romance恋情,浪漫,浪漫主义,浪漫的爱情apologue歉意,道歉,致歉,忏悔whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼fib纤维,纤维的figment幻影,幻象,幻像,形象untruth不真实的东西,不真实,不实之词,不真实的事allegory寓言故事,寓言,寓意,比喻fabrication制造,制作,加工,虚构

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bes·ti·ar·ies.

    • : a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infable
Synonyms
fantasy幻想,梦幻,幻象,幻觉fiction虚构,小说,虚构的,幻想legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物myth神话,神话故事,神话传说,神話parable比喻,比方说,比拟tale故事,岈,岈语yarn纱线,纱布,纱,纺纱allegory寓言故事,寓言,寓意,比喻apologue歉意,道歉,致歉,忏悔bunk铺位,下铺,卧铺,铺盖crock罐子,罐头,炖锅,炖菜fabrication制造,制作,加工,虚构falsehood谬误,谬论,假话,虚伪性fib纤维,纤维的figment幻影,幻象,幻像,形象hogwash胡说八道,胡言乱语,胡扯八道invention发明,发明创造,发明的,发明的东西lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话romance恋情,浪漫,浪漫主义,浪漫的爱情untruth不真实的东西,不真实,不实之词,不真实的事whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼fairy story童话故事,神话故事,童话般的故事,童话fairy tale童话故事,神话故事,童话,童话般的故事fish story鱼的故事,鱼类故事,鱼儿的故事,鱼类的故事old chestnut老栗子,老栗人,老板凳,栗子old saw旧锯,老锯,老锯子,旧锯子one for the birds一个给鸟儿的,一个给鸟类的,一个给鸟的,一个给鸟类tall story高大的故事,高大上的故事,高个子故事,高篇小说white lie白色的谎言,白色谎言,善意的谎言,白话

Examples

  • The maps for US congressional and state legislative races often resemble electoral bestiaries, with bizarrely shaped districts emerging from wonky hybrids of counties, precincts, and census blocks.

  • For the structure of this verse, see p. 327; the following is a restoration and scansion of the passages in the Bestiary.

  • The author of the Bestiary was acquainted with one or both of these.

  • The medival bestiary was a book which sought to enunciate religious instruction by an appeal to the curiosity of credulous people.

  • Another Bestiary, of slightly later date, illuminated in the same manner.

  • A Bestiary of the beginning of the thirteenth century, enriched with many very curious paintings upon a ground of brilliant gold.

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