Dragon

(noun.) any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body.

(noun.) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings.

(noun.) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman.

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• There were numerous dragon flies--one found in the Belgian coal-measures had a wing span of twenty-nine inches! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Left alone, she threw herself back on her ottoman, and said, 'I didn't know the lovely woman was such a Dragon! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Whet the bright steel, Sons of the White Dragon! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The townspeople who, in their passing and repassing, saw her there, regarded her as the Bank Dragon keeping watch over the treasures of the mine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Five days after the death of Raffles, Mr. Bambridge was standing at his leisure under the large archway leading into the yard of the Green Dragon. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• There was a billiard-room at the Green Dragon, which some anxious mothers and wives regarded as the chief temptation in Middlemarch. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In other respects she was no woman, but a dragon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• An insect like a dragon fly is shown. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• What a dragon! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• That whole evening was Madame on duty beside these jeunes gens--attentive to them as a mother, but strict with them as a dragon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The dragon's teeth are already sown amongst Mr. Yorke's young olive-branches; discord will one day be the harvest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Hannah is a model servant, and guards pretty Meg like a dragon. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Do not betray her, he said, looking at me as if I were indeed a dragon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Dixon will keep the door like a dragon--won't you, Dixon--while he is here? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• On the road it caused amazement and consternation, and won the name of Captain Trevethick’s dragon. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• They must have had a grotesque resemblance to heraldic dragons, and they played the part of bat-like birds in the Mesozoic jungles. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There are two bronze skeletons bearing scrolls, and two great dragons uphold the sarcophagus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She had once said that she would like him to stay; and stay he would, whatever fire-breathing dragons might hiss around her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• No hero of mythology or fable ever dared such dragons to rescue some captive goddess as did this dauntless champion of civilization. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Talk to me of fiery dragons! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Nature there is totally confounded, and nothing mentioned but winged horses, fiery dragons, and monstrous giants. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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