gargoyle
石像鬼,神龙,神龙见首不见尾,夜叉
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- : a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- : a spout, terminating in a grotesque representation of a human or animal figure with open mouth, projecting from the gutter of a building for throwing rainwater clear of a building.
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We’ve seen a bunch of schools change their names — and in some cases adopt nightmarish gargoyle replacements — in recent years, but there are still 45 high schools across the United States using the Washington Football Team’s former name.
With his right eye closed, Alvarado was looking like a gargoyle and there was nothing left in his offensive tank.
She held it out at arm's length, her tightly-coifed, gargoyle-head on one side.
It was a gargoyle of his own making, meant for the vestry door in the south transept.
I want to sketch you for a gargoyle—a melancholy one this time.
Harsh gargoyle face that warred against me over our mess of hash of lights in rue Saint-Andr-des-Arts.
However that may have been, Noyes is rich in ancient lattice and stained glass, and curious lead-work and gargoyle.