| 釋義 |
cockatricen. basilisk,fabulous reptile,having thebody of a serpent and the head of a cock,who wassaid to have so evil an eye as to kill by its look傳說中的一種雞頭蛇身的怪物，其目光毒惡，可以致人死命；怪蛇。
△Tw.3.4.218(195):“they will kill one another by thelook,like cockatrices.”像兩條怪蛇，他們一照面，兩個人都要嚇死。
△Rom.3.2.47:“the death-darting eye ofcocka trice.”雞頭蛇的那種能投射出死亡的眼睛。
△R.Ⅲ.4.1.54:“A cockatrice hast thou hatched to the worldwhose unavoided eye is murderous.”你為世界孵育出了一條妖蛇，它那令人無法逃避的眼睛就能殺人。 |