Chimera

[ka'mr] 美式发音

(noun.) a grotesque product of the imagination.

(noun.) (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon.

布兰卡德录入

• The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• In fact, in her case self-accusation was a chimera. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• As I groped out the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to be a mere chimera. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• During the intervening period I had no time to nurse chimeras; and I believe I was as active and gay as anybody--Adele excepted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of little worth. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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