Dreye權威釋義 | leviathan

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KK:[lɪˈvaɪǝθǝn] DJ:[liˈvaiǝθǝn]

權威釋義

n.

巨大海獸；巨輪；龐然大物

a.

巨大的；龐大的
Their ship went to the bottom of the sea due to the strike of a leviathan whale.
他們駕駛的船因為一條巨大鯨魚的襲擊而沉沒。

辨析

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以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

/lɪˈvʌɪəθ(ə)n/

n.

(in biblical use) a sea monster.
▸a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale.

▸a very large or powerful thing.
an autocratic monarch or state. [with allusion to Hobbes' Leviathan (1651).]

Etymology

via late L. from Heb. liwyāṯān.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》