chimera
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++chi·me·ra, chimaera /kaɪˈmɪərə, kə- $ -ˈmɪrə/ noun [countable] 1 formalIMPOSSIBLE something, especially an idea or hope, that is not really possible and can never exist 幻想；妄想 trying to present that chimera, ‘a balanced view’ 试图提出那种妄想，即“平衡的观点”2. RMan imaginary creature that breathes fire and has a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a snake’s tail 喀迈拉〔神话中狮头、羊身、蛇尾的喷火生物〕3. technical a living thing that contains cells from another living thing 嵌合体〔指含有其他生物体细胞的生物体〕
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chimera• The notion of transparent reporting which can be understood by the untutored layman is a chimera.• I wish only to have made it sufficiently clear that scientific reasoning is a chimera.• The last of these promises often proves more than a chimera, however.• A flailing chimera of camera crews, photographers and reporters staggers backwards down some city high street.• This qualified chimera image will allow our comparison of Presocratic reasoning with scientific reasoning to be more precise.• It was upon the advice of the Crown's United Kingdom ministers that the chimera of the Commonwealth was invented and installed.• the chimera of a "universal language"• The focus of media coverage in the popular press is implicitly working towards this chimera.Origin chimera (1300-1400) Latin chimaera, from Greek chimaira “female goat, chimera”chi·me·ra nounChineseSyllable
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chimera
chi‧me‧ra
, chimaera /kaɪˈmɪərə, kə- $ -ˈmɪrə/ noun [countable]
trying to present that chimera, ‘a balanced view’
2. an imaginary creature that breathes fire and has a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a snake’s tail
3. technical a living thing that contains cells from another living thing
chi‧me‧ra
, chimaera /kaɪˈmɪərə, kə- $ -ˈmɪrə/ noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: chimaera, from Greek chimaira __female goat, chimera__
1. formal something, especially an idea or hope, that is not really possible and can never exist:Language: Latin
Origin: chimaera, from Greek chimaira __female goat, chimera__
2. an imaginary creature that breathes fire and has a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a snake’s tail
3. technical a living thing that contains cells from another living thing