dragon

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drag·on /ˈdræɡən/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. RFa large imaginary animal that has wings and a long tail and can breathe out fire 龙2. BAD-TEMPEREDa woman who behaves in an angry, unfriendly way 凶狠的妇女，悍妇 → chase the dragon at chase1(7)

Examples from the Corpus

dragon• There, a little way along, a dragon had been painted on the wall in green.• With the Sun in its present state of inactivity there are unlikely to be any dragons worth chasing.• Anyone between five and 11 can enter, and the task is to draw, paint or model a green dragon.• Is there anything in the dressing-up box that looks like dragon skin?• Now the dragons are few and those that are left slumber deeply.• As the strength of the dragons waned so did the power of the Dragon Princes.• Word arrived from Caledor that the dragons had been roused.Origin dragon (1200-1300) Old French Greek drakon “large snake”

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dragon
drag‧on /ˈdræɡən/ noun [countable]1. a large imaginary animal that has wings and a long tail and can breathe out fire
2. a woman who behaves in an angry, unfriendly way
⇨ chase the dragon at chase¹(7)

dragonBrE /ˈdræɡən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdræɡən/ 🔊 noun(in stories) a large aggressive animal with wings and a long tail, that can breathe out fire （传说中的）龙(disapproving, especially BrE) a woman who behaves in an aggressive and frightening way 悍妇；母夜叉