“bandersnatch”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

bandersnatch

释义

bandersnatch|ˈbændəsnætʃ|
[Invented by ‘L. Carroll’ (C. L. Dodgson); presumably a portmanteau word like its stock epithet frumious.]
A fleet, furious, fuming, fabulous creature, of dangerous propensities, immune to bribery and too fast to flee from; later, used vaguely to suggest any creature with such qualities.
1871‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-Glass i. 22 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!1876― Hunting of Snark vii, But the Bandersnatch merely extended its neck And grabbed at the Banker again.1908Daily Chron. 19 Aug. 7/4 ‘There may be a bandersnatch,’ he said doubtfully, dusting the ground with his palmetto fan.1936C. S. Lewis Alleg. Love vii. 301 Always, at the critical moment, a strange knight, a swift ship, a bandersnatch or a boojum, breaks in.1959― Let. 15 May (1966) 287 No one ever influenced Tolkien—you might as well try to influence a bandersnatch.

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