| 词汇 | basilisk |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： c.1300, from L. basiliscus, from Gk. basiliskos "little king," dim. ofbasileus "king" (see Basil); said by Pliny to have been so called because of a crest or spot on its head resembling a crown."The basilisk has since the fourteenth century been confused with the Cockatrice, and the subject is now a complicated one." [T.H.White]Its breath and glance were said to be fatal. The South American lizard so called (1813) because it, like the mythical beast, has a crest. Also used of a large cannon, throwing shot of 200 lb., in 1549. |
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