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In old Norse stories from the north, the Kraken is a huge, sea-animal — so big sailors might take it for an island, and strong enough to pull a ship under. Later pictures give it long arms, like a giant or , though the old tales are older than those pictures.
In old Norse stories from the north在北歐古老的傳說裡 the Kraken is a huge, frightening sea-animalkraken是一種巨大又嚇人的海怪 so big sailors might take it for an island大到水手可能把它誤認成一座島 and strong enough to pull a ship under力氣大到能把船拖進海裡 Later pictures give it long arms後來的圖畫給它畫上長長的觸手 like a giant squid or octopus像巨型烏賊或章魚 though the old tales are older than those pictures不過古老的傳說其實比這些圖畫更早出現
You will still meet it in books, films, and games; story-sailors shout to release the Kraken.
You will still meet it你現在還是會看到它 in books, films, and games出現在書、電影和遊戲裡 story-sailors shout to release the Kraken故事裡的水手會大喊要放出kraken
Though actually, this is not a scientific animal. Real giant live in the deep sea, and that is probably what later were reaching for, but the Kraken itself belongs to myth and pop culture.
Though actually不過其實 this is not a scientific animal這不是科學上真實存在的動物 Real giant squid live in the deep sea真正的巨型烏賊生活在深海裡 and that is probably what later tellers were reaching for後來的說書人大概就是在想像這個 but the Kraken itself belongs to myth and pop culture但kraken本身是屬於神話和流行文化的東西
We usually write it with a capital K when we mean that famous monster.
We usually write it with a capital K我們通常會把開頭K大寫 when we mean that famous monster指的是那個有名的怪物的時候
組成Borrowed from Norwegian kraken, the form with the, from krake — a crooked dead tree, or a wooden drag with hooks. That came from Old Norse kraki, something crooked with hooks, from an old Germanic root meaning crooked.
原始詞典資料3 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。
Krakenname/ˈkɹæ.kən/
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human-sciencesmysticismmythologyA colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。