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单词 rhinoceros horn
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Definition of rhinoceros horn in English:

rhinoceros horn

noun
mass noun
  • A mass of keratinized fibres that comprises the horn of a rhinoceros, reputed in Eastern medicine to have medicinal or aphrodisiac powers.

    犀牛角

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They soon unearthed a trove of artifacts: axes, stone scrapers, worked quartz crystals, tools made of wolf bone, and spear foreshafts made of mammoth tusk and rhinoceros horn.
    • Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs.
    • For ecological reasons, water buffalo or cow horn is often used as a substitute but in much higher dosage up to 30 grams, because it is weaker than rhinoceros horn.
    • During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency.
    • In Eastern Asian countries, powdered rhinoceros horn is used as a remedy for many ills, including nosebleeds, headaches, diphtheria and food poisoning.

Definition of rhinoceros horn in US English:

rhinoceros horn

noun
  • A mass of keratinized fibers that comprises the horn of a rhinoceros, reputed in Eastern medicine to have medicinal or aphrodisiac powers.

    犀牛角

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency.
    • For ecological reasons, water buffalo or cow horn is often used as a substitute but in much higher dosage up to 30 grams, because it is weaker than rhinoceros horn.
    • In Eastern Asian countries, powdered rhinoceros horn is used as a remedy for many ills, including nosebleeds, headaches, diphtheria and food poisoning.
    • Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs.
    • They soon unearthed a trove of artifacts: axes, stone scrapers, worked quartz crystals, tools made of wolf bone, and spear foreshafts made of mammoth tusk and rhinoceros horn.
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