Chinese–English dictionary

黛安娜

(Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis. · Dài ān nà

點火

(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something) · diǎn huǒ

黩武主义

An inclination to war; warlike policy or behaviour. · dú wǔ zhǔ yì

鼓

(percussion instrument) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone. · gǔ

鼓室

(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated · gǔ shì

鼓手

(musician) One who plays the drums. · gǔ shǒu

鼓掌

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. · gǔ zhǎng

鼓棒

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.] · gǔ bàng

鼓膜

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus. · gǔ mó

鼓舞

(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. · gǔ wǔ

鼠

Any small rodent of the genus Mus. · shǔ

鼠尾草

The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes. · shǔ wěi cǎo

鼠海豚

A porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, that inhabits coastal areas and river estuaries. · shǔ hǎi tún

鼠疫

The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube. · shǔ yì

鼹科

A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell. · yǎn kē

鼻

(nautical) The front part of a vessel. · bí

鼻子

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion. · bí zi

鼻孔

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages. · bí kǒng

鼻屎

(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril. · bí shǐ

鼻涕

The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey. · bí tì

鼻涕虫

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.] · bí tì chóng

齿音

(phonetics) A dental sound. · chǐ yīn

齿龈

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth. · chǐ yín

龋齿

The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay. · qǔ chǐ

龍

In European mythologies, 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. · lóng

龍捲風

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. · lóng juǎn fēng

龍舌蘭酒

An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana. · lóng shé lán jiǔ

龍葵菇

The large, mature form of the crimini mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) · lóng kuí gū

龍蒿

A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia. · lóng hāo

龍騎兵

(by extension) Originally (historical) , a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets. · lóng qí bīng

龍骨

The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. · lóng gǔ

龐克文化

The larger nonconformist social movement associated with punk rock and its fans. · Páng kè wén huà

龙

In European mythologies, 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. · lóng

龙涎香

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes. · lóng xián xiāng

龙纹蝰

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. · lóng wén kuí

龙虾

A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae). · lóng xiā

龙骨

(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. · lóng gǔ

龜

(countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world. · guī

龟

(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. · guī

䴉

Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans. · huán

괄호(括弧)

Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

𩸣魚

Any anglerfish of the family Lophiidae.