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Picture the creature from the storybook: huge, , long-tailed, with fire coming out of its mouth. In English tales it is usually the thing the hero has to face — big, hot-tempered and . That temper is what gets borrowed when the word is used about a person.

可以想成：故事書裡那隻巨大的生物——有翅膀、長尾巴，一張口就是火。在英語的傳說裡，牠通常是英雄要去對付的那個角色：龐…更多收起可以想成：故事書裡那隻巨大的生物——有翅膀、長尾巴，一張口就是火。在英語的傳說裡，牠通常是英雄要去對付的那個角色：龐大、暴躁、令人害怕。要留意的是，這跟華人文化裡祥瑞的龍幾乎是相反的形象；英文借這個字去講人的時候，借走的正是那份「碰不得、一靠近就噴火」的脾氣。

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形容脾氣兇的女性（舊式說法）

借走的是那隻巨獸「一靠近就噴火」的脾氣，用來形容讓人不敢招惹的女性。

fierce woman · noun · C1

An informal, old-fashioned word for a woman who acts in a fierce, angry, and unfriendly way.

兇悍的女人

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the mythical beast · noun · A1

A large make-believe animal with wings and a long tail that can breathe out fire.

龍

原始詞典資料19 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Dragonname

  • 1

    The fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

  • 2

    Synonym of Devil.

dragonnoun詞源 1/ˈdɹæɡən/

  • 1

    A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.

    • Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]
    • But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.
  • 2

    A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.

    • These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.
  • 3

    obsoleteAn animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

  • 4

    An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

  • 5

    An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

  • 6

    An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

  • 7

    astronomynatural-sciencesThe constellation Draco.

    • My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.
  • 8

    derogatoryA fierce and unpleasant woman.

    • She’s a bit of a dragon.
另外 8 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    derogatoryrareslangAn unattractive woman.

  • 10

    The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

    • Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
  • 11

    Something very formidable or dangerous.

  • 12

    board-gamesgamesmahjongA class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons.

  • 13

    A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

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    historicalengineeringgovernmentmilitaryA type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt.

    • our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle
  • 15

    rarecomputingengineeringmathematicsA background process similar to a daemon.

    • Daemons and Dragons. The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service […] Strictly speaking, a dragon is a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background […]
    • Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such as dragons and mailer daemons.
  • 16

    A variety of carrier pigeon.

dragonnoun詞源 2/ˈdɹæɡən/

  • 1

    slangSynonym of drag queen.

    • May 2017 Michael Connelly shares excerpt from The Late Show Ballard felt her phone vibrate in her hand and turned away from the nurse. She saw a return text from Mendez. She read his answer out loud to Jenkins. “‘Ramona Ramone, dragon. Real name Ramón Gutierrez. Had him in here a couple weeks back. Priors longer than his pre-op dick.’ Nice way of putting it.” “Considering his own dimensions,” Jenkins said. Drag queens, cross-dressers, and transgenders were all generally referred to as dragons in vice. No distinctions were made. It wasn’t nice but it was accepted.
    • October 2017 Drag Star VIZIN is back with new single Blasting News My favorite part was probably the ‘de-dragging.’ Taking the Dragon off (that’s what I call her) is always my favorite. In all honesty, the entire experience was amazing and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Being felt up by Michael Silas wasn’t bad either...

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。