Picture the creature from the storybook: huge, , long-tailed, with fire coming out of its mouth. In English tales it is usually the thing the hero has to face — big, hot-tempered and . That temper is what gets borrowed when the word is used about a person.
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原始詞典資料19 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Dragonname
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The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Synonym of Devil.
dragonnoun詞源 1/ˈdɹæɡən/
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A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
- Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]
- But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.
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A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
- These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.
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obsoleteAn animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
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astronomynatural-sciencesThe constellation Draco.
- My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.
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derogatoryA fierce and unpleasant woman.
- She’s a bit of a dragon.
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derogatoryrareslangAn unattractive woman.
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The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
- Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
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Something very formidable or dangerous.
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board-gamesgamesmahjongA class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.
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A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
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historicalengineeringgovernmentmilitaryA type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.
- our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle
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rarecomputingengineeringmathematicsA background process similar to a daemon.
- Daemons and Dragons. The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service […] Strictly speaking, a dragon is a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background […]
- Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such as dragons and mailer daemons.
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A variety of carrier pigeon.
dragonnoun詞源 2/ˈdɹæɡən/
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slangSynonym of drag queen.
- May 2017 Michael Connelly shares excerpt from The Late Show Ballard felt her phone vibrate in her hand and turned away from the nurse. She saw a return text from Mendez. She read his answer out loud to Jenkins. “‘Ramona Ramone, dragon. Real name Ramón Gutierrez. Had him in here a couple weeks back. Priors longer than his pre-op dick.’ Nice way of putting it.” “Considering his own dimensions,” Jenkins said. Drag queens, cross-dressers, and transgenders were all generally referred to as dragons in vice. No distinctions were made. It wasn’t nice but it was accepted.
- October 2017 Drag Star VIZIN is back with new single Blasting News My favorite part was probably the ‘de-dragging.’ Taking the Dragon off (that’s what I call her) is always my favorite. In all honesty, the entire experience was amazing and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Being felt up by Michael Silas wasn’t bad either...
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