English Dictionary

dragon

/ˈdɹæɡən/

noun

In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

The dragon soared through the sky, breathing fire and causing chaos.

意味（1）

In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

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.

意味（2）

In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

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.

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(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.

意味（4）

Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.

意味（5）

A Komodo dragon.

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(astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.

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

意味（7）

(derogatory) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.

She’s a bit of a dragon.

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(with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.

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(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.

意味（10）

A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.

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

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(military, historical) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

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

意味（13）

(computing, rare) A 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 […]

意味（14）

A variety of carrier pigeon.