词族 · bestiary
词形变化
英语词源
- bestiary (n.)
- "medieval treatise on beasts" usually with moralistic overtones, 1818, from Medieval Latin bestiarium "a menagerie," also "a book about animals", from bestia (see beast). A Latin term for such works was liber de bestiis compositus. Roman bestiarius meant "a fighter against beasts in the public entertainments."
权威例句
- 1. The animals listed in this bestiary range from the mundane to the fantastic.
- 这个动物寓言集中列举了各种普通的和奇妙的动物.