• n. [遺] 嵌合體；虛構的怪物；妄想

來自PIE*gheim, 雪，冬季，詞源同hibernation, 冬眠。字面意思即傳說中的雪怪。

chimera (n.)

fabulous monster, late 14c., from Old French chimere or directly from Medieval Latin chimera, from Latin Chimaera, from Greek khimaira, name of a mythical creature, slain by Bellerophon, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (supposedly personification of snow or winter); literally "year-old she-goat" (masc. khimaros), from kheima "winter season" (see hibernation). Figurative meaning "wild fantasy" first recorded 1580s in English (attested 13c. in French).

Beestis clepid chymeres, that han a part of ech beest, and suche ben not, no but oonly in opynyoun. [Wyclif, "Prologue"]

1. Religious unity remained as much a chimera as ever.

宗教統一仍然和從前一樣，不過是個妄想。

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2. Contact with the epidermal cells of Health dentate processes, and mutual chimera.

表皮細胞接觸處密生齒狀突起, 且互相嵌合.

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3. Single chimera light pink two - tone fluted star. Plain, pointed. Large.

單瓣深淺不一的亮粉紅色星形縞花, 花瓣端有凹痕. 平坦尖型葉.大型.

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4. Therefore a search for our hero, Bellerophon, we created a monster Chimera.

這樣,為了造就我們的英雄貝拉爾芬, 我們制造了一個怪物——凱米拉.

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5. Tribal Totem: Chimera, a powerful dream - spirit of variegated form.

部族圖騰: 奇美拉, 一種奇形怪狀的強大夢中怪物.

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