basilisk

英 ['bæzɪlɪsk] 美 ['bæzɪlɪsk]

• n. 蛇怪；（热带美洲的）小蜥蜴

英英释义

Noun:

1. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance

2. ancient brass cannon

3. small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk.
   秘室里的怪物是一条巴斯里斯克蛇怪.
2. Once its prey enters range, the basilisk switches to its petrifying gaze attack.
   一旦其敌人进入射程，蜥怪会转而使用石化凝视攻击。

经典引文

• Satire..becomes a basilisk in the hands of a man..who employs it to blast the reputation of another.

  出自： C. Burney

近反义词

【近义词】

• monster 怪物