单词 | bestiary |
释义 | bestiary, Newspapers, printing, publishing Historybes·ti·ar·y /ˈbestiəri $ ˈbestʃieri/ noun (plural bestiaries) [countableC] SHTCNan old book about strange animals, written in the Middle Ages 〔写于中世纪的〕动物寓言集 Examples from the Corpus bestiary• Later still, in a Medieval bestiary, three courageous birds are shown in the act of attacking an owl's head.• In Carrington's personal bestiary the horse was the principal icon. (1800-1900) Medieval Latin bestiarium, from Latin bestia; → BESTIAL |
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