wyvern
英語[編輯]
其他形式[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
變換自中古英語 wyver (「蝰蛇」),借自古諾曼語 wivre,源自拉丁語 vīpera (「蝰蛇,蛇」)。weever and viper的同源對似詞。
發音[編輯]
- 英語發音:wī'və(r)n, wĭ'və(r)n, wē'və(r)n、國際音標(幫助):/ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/, /ˈwɪvə(ɹ)n/, /ˈwiːvə(ɹ)n/
- 韻部:-aɪvə(ɹ)n, -ɪvə(ɹ)n, -iːvə(ɹ)n
名詞[編輯]
wyvern (複數 wyverns)
- (heraldry,神話,奇幻) 雙足龍
- Template:RQ:Scott Waverley
- 1940-54 The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, "WE SIT UNHACKLED DRUNK AND MAD TO EDIT", UBC Press,1992, p.222:
- Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears.