Definition of dragon in English:

dragon

noun ˈdraɡ(ə)nˈdræɡən

1A mythical monster like a giant reptile. In European tradition the dragon is typically fire-breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil, whereas in East Asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fertility, associated with water and the heavens.
龙（从欧洲的传统看，龙通常吐火，象征着混乱与邪恶；但在远东，龙通常是富饶、仁慈的象征，与水和天相关）
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, since dragons symbolized power and stars were considered a symbol of hope, and she seemed to be their only hope, it seemed to be the perfect name.
- Alain was a slayer of giants and dragons, a protector of people.
- Both feng shui and early British belief use the dragon as the symbol for energies in the ground - not underground, but moving within the earth itself
- Talking dragons and evil Sorceresses and a world full of monsters and giants and magic… it was all simply too much.
- A snake is also associated with a dragon, the symbol of the Chinese nation.
- The other three transformed to giant dragons who towered above him.
- The giant dragons begin a criss cross sweep across the massive sky.
- The dragon was a water dragon and they were considered good creatures.
- They thought of Good dragons, and Evil dragons, while Ray thought of how best to defeat them.
- C.G. does it better - dinosaurs, dragons, giant storms and morphing monsters.
- Get as close as you dare to mythical monsters including dragons, the Unicorn and the Yeti and learn about the mystery that surrounds them.
- On each corner of its curved roof perch ten dragons and other mythical water animals that symbolically guard against the ever-present risk of fire.
- After all of it, after all the magic and storms and monsters and dragons and evil beings, they were going to die of the cold.
- In the Babylonian creation story their great god Marduk fights the sea dragon Tiamat.
- The world of science, logic, and technology has killed off the world of dragons, giants, and heroes.
- Although his other shape was that of a giant dragon, the elven warrior preferred his current form as it gave him a greater range of motion.
- In the ancient book, I Ching, when explaining a certain divinatory symbol the dragon is associated with young bamboo.
- With red-eyed goblins, giant spiders and a fire-breathing dragon, this book is perfect Hallowe'en fare.
- We watched an ice demon breathe fire (how he did it, we still don't know), and watched a man slay a giant dragon.
- Youngsters will get the chance to make their own fire-breathing dragons and the famous Salisbury giant will once again be making a star appearance.
1. 1.1derogatory A fierce and intimidating woman.
  〈贬〉凶悍的女人，悍妇
  the geography teacher was a real dragon
2
another term for flying lizard
1. 2.1Australian Any lizard of the agama family.
  〈澳〉鬣蜥科蜥蜴

Phrases

chase the dragon

informal Smoke heroin.
〈非正式〉吸食海洛因
Example sentencesExamples
- He is clearly not a conventional type, tracked down by his fellow officer and friend, chasing the dragon in an opium den.
- Not everyone will take a one way ticket to Hong Kong to chase the dragon.
- I had a nanny who happened to be an opium addict, and who would lock herself in the room, with me, aged 1.5, and languidly chase the dragon.
- As I smoked, out of the side of my eye I half watched Dave: also smoking, also chasing the dragon.
- The literature indicates that an ideal drug consumption facility is made up of three sections: a clinical area for injecting, a well-ventilated area for freebasing or chasing the dragon, and an adjacent common room.
- He only chased the dragon; he never shot up.
- It cost me about £80 a day to chase the dragon.
- I once stayed in a flat in the red light district of Amsterdam, where these rich German junkies would drive up, score heroin from the prostitutes, and then chase the dragon quite openly, in their gleaming cars, parked by the Oudekirk.
- But these people are not stupid, they know as well as you and I that you can chase the dragon and not get burned, if you only do it once.

Origin

Middle English (also denoting a large serpent): from Old French, via Latin from Greek drakōn 'serpent'.

Dragon goes back to Greek drakōn ‘serpent’, and this was one of the first senses in English in the Middle Ages. In early texts it can be difficult to distinguish the genuine large snake or python (at that time known only from report) from the mythical fire-breathing monster. The dragon is a popular Chinese symbol, and this is behind the expression to chase the dragon, ‘to smoke heroin’. A 1961 Narcotic Officer's Handbook explains: ‘In “chasing the dragon” the heroin and any diluting drug are placed on a folded piece of tinfoil. This is heated with a taper and the resulting fumes inhaled through a small tube of bamboo or rolled paper. The fumes move up and down the tinfoil with the movements of the molten powder, resembling the undulating tail of the mythical Chinese dragon.’

Rhymes

flagon, lagan, pendragon, wagon

Definition of dragon in US English:

dragon

nounˈdraɡənˈdræɡən

1A mythical monster like a giant reptile. In European tradition the dragon is typically fire-breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil, whereas in East Asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fertility, associated with water and the heavens.
龙（从欧洲的传统看，龙通常吐火，象征着混乱与邪恶；但在远东，龙通常是富饶、仁慈的象征，与水和天相关）
Example sentencesExamples
- In the ancient book, I Ching, when explaining a certain divinatory symbol the dragon is associated with young bamboo.
- The giant dragons begin a criss cross sweep across the massive sky.
- After all of it, after all the magic and storms and monsters and dragons and evil beings, they were going to die of the cold.
- Also, since dragons symbolized power and stars were considered a symbol of hope, and she seemed to be their only hope, it seemed to be the perfect name.
- C.G. does it better - dinosaurs, dragons, giant storms and morphing monsters.
- Both feng shui and early British belief use the dragon as the symbol for energies in the ground - not underground, but moving within the earth itself
- Alain was a slayer of giants and dragons, a protector of people.
- Although his other shape was that of a giant dragon, the elven warrior preferred his current form as it gave him a greater range of motion.
- Youngsters will get the chance to make their own fire-breathing dragons and the famous Salisbury giant will once again be making a star appearance.
- With red-eyed goblins, giant spiders and a fire-breathing dragon, this book is perfect Hallowe'en fare.
- They thought of Good dragons, and Evil dragons, while Ray thought of how best to defeat them.
- Get as close as you dare to mythical monsters including dragons, the Unicorn and the Yeti and learn about the mystery that surrounds them.
- Talking dragons and evil Sorceresses and a world full of monsters and giants and magic… it was all simply too much.
- We watched an ice demon breathe fire (how he did it, we still don't know), and watched a man slay a giant dragon.
- The dragon was a water dragon and they were considered good creatures.
- The other three transformed to giant dragons who towered above him.
- In the Babylonian creation story their great god Marduk fights the sea dragon Tiamat.
- On each corner of its curved roof perch ten dragons and other mythical water animals that symbolically guard against the ever-present risk of fire.
- A snake is also associated with a dragon, the symbol of the Chinese nation.
- The world of science, logic, and technology has killed off the world of dragons, giants, and heroes.
1. 1.1derogatory A fierce and intimidating person, especially a woman.
  〈贬〉凶悍的女人，悍妇
  the geography teacher was a real dragon
2
another term for flying dragon
3historical (in the 16th and 17th centuries) a short musket carried on the belt of a soldier, especially a mounted infantryman.
Example sentencesExamples
- I walked up the stairs to Tralgar's home and knocked on the door, which was made difficult by the dragon I was carrying.
1. 3.1 A soldier armed with a short musket carried on the belt.
  Compare with dragoon
  Example sentencesExamples
  Once more, the dragons crushed the offending soldiers, winning a victory that was soon to be short lived.

Origin

Middle English (also denoting a large serpent): from Old French, via Latin from Greek drakōn ‘serpent’.

词汇	dragon
释义	Definition of dragon in English: dragon noun ˈdraɡ(ə)nˈdræɡən 1A mythical monster like a giant reptile. In European tradition the dragon is typically fire-breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil, whereas in East Asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fertility, associated with water and the heavens. 龙（从欧洲的传统看，龙通常吐火，象征着混乱与邪恶；但在远东，龙通常是富饶、仁慈的象征，与水和天相关） Example sentencesExamples Also, since dragons symbolized power and stars were considered a symbol of hope, and she seemed to be their only hope, it seemed to be the perfect name. Alain was a slayer of giants and dragons, a protector of people. Both feng shui and early British belief use the dragon as the symbol for energies in the ground - not underground, but moving within the earth itself Talking dragons and evil Sorceresses and a world full of monsters and giants and magic… it was all simply too much. A snake is also associated with a dragon, the symbol of the Chinese nation. The other three transformed to giant dragons who towered above him. The giant dragons begin a criss cross sweep across the massive sky. The dragon was a water dragon and they were considered good creatures. They thought of Good dragons, and Evil dragons, while Ray thought of how best to defeat them. C.G. does it better - dinosaurs, dragons, giant storms and morphing monsters. Get as close as you dare to mythical monsters including dragons, the Unicorn and the Yeti and learn about the mystery that surrounds them. On each corner of its curved roof perch ten dragons and other mythical water animals that symbolically guard against the ever-present risk of fire. After all of it, after all the magic and storms and monsters and dragons and evil beings, they were going to die of the cold. In the Babylonian creation story their great god Marduk fights the sea dragon Tiamat. The world of science, logic, and technology has killed off the world of dragons, giants, and heroes. Although his other shape was that of a giant dragon, the elven warrior preferred his current form as it gave him a greater range of motion. In the ancient book, I Ching, when explaining a certain divinatory symbol the dragon is associated with young bamboo. With red-eyed goblins, giant spiders and a fire-breathing dragon, this book is perfect Hallowe'en fare. We watched an ice demon breathe fire (how he did it, we still don't know), and watched a man slay a giant dragon. Youngsters will get the chance to make their own fire-breathing dragons and the famous Salisbury giant will once again be making a star appearance. 1.1derogatory A fierce and intimidating woman. 〈贬〉凶悍的女人，悍妇 the geography teacher was a real dragon 2 another term for flying lizard 2.1Australian Any lizard of the agama family. 〈澳〉鬣蜥科蜥蜴 Phrases chase the dragon informal Smoke heroin. 〈非正式〉吸食海洛因 Example sentencesExamples He is clearly not a conventional type, tracked down by his fellow officer and friend, chasing the dragon in an opium den. Not everyone will take a one way ticket to Hong Kong to chase the dragon. I had a nanny who happened to be an opium addict, and who would lock herself in the room, with me, aged 1.5, and languidly chase the dragon. As I smoked, out of the side of my eye I half watched Dave: also smoking, also chasing the dragon. The literature indicates that an ideal drug consumption facility is made up of three sections: a clinical area for injecting, a well-ventilated area for freebasing or chasing the dragon, and an adjacent common room. He only chased the dragon; he never shot up. It cost me about £80 a day to chase the dragon. I once stayed in a flat in the red light district of Amsterdam, where these rich German junkies would drive up, score heroin from the prostitutes, and then chase the dragon quite openly, in their gleaming cars, parked by the Oudekirk. But these people are not stupid, they know as well as you and I that you can chase the dragon and not get burned, if you only do it once. Origin Middle English (also denoting a large serpent): from Old French, via Latin from Greek drakōn 'serpent'. Dragon goes back to Greek drakōn ‘serpent’, and this was one of the first senses in English in the Middle Ages. In early texts it can be difficult to distinguish the genuine large snake or python (at that time known only from report) from the mythical fire-breathing monster. The dragon is a popular Chinese symbol, and this is behind the expression to chase the dragon, ‘to smoke heroin’. A 1961 Narcotic Officer's Handbook explains: ‘In “chasing the dragon” the heroin and any diluting drug are placed on a folded piece of tinfoil. This is heated with a taper and the resulting fumes inhaled through a small tube of bamboo or rolled paper. The fumes move up and down the tinfoil with the movements of the molten powder, resembling the undulating tail of the mythical Chinese dragon.’ Rhymes flagon, lagan, pendragon, wagon noun.1 phr. Definition of dragon in US English: dragon nounˈdraɡənˈdræɡən 1A mythical monster like a giant reptile. In European tradition the dragon is typically fire-breathing and tends to symbolize chaos or evil, whereas in East Asia it is usually a beneficent symbol of fertility, associated with water and the heavens. 龙（从欧洲的传统看，龙通常吐火，象征着混乱与邪恶；但在远东，龙通常是富饶、仁慈的象征，与水和天相关） Example sentencesExamples In the ancient book, I Ching, when explaining a certain divinatory symbol the dragon is associated with young bamboo. The giant dragons begin a criss cross sweep across the massive sky. After all of it, after all the magic and storms and monsters and dragons and evil beings, they were going to die of the cold. Also, since dragons symbolized power and stars were considered a symbol of hope, and she seemed to be their only hope, it seemed to be the perfect name. C.G. does it better - dinosaurs, dragons, giant storms and morphing monsters. Both feng shui and early British belief use the dragon as the symbol for energies in the ground - not underground, but moving within the earth itself Alain was a slayer of giants and dragons, a protector of people. Although his other shape was that of a giant dragon, the elven warrior preferred his current form as it gave him a greater range of motion. Youngsters will get the chance to make their own fire-breathing dragons and the famous Salisbury giant will once again be making a star appearance. With red-eyed goblins, giant spiders and a fire-breathing dragon, this book is perfect Hallowe'en fare. They thought of Good dragons, and Evil dragons, while Ray thought of how best to defeat them. Get as close as you dare to mythical monsters including dragons, the Unicorn and the Yeti and learn about the mystery that surrounds them. Talking dragons and evil Sorceresses and a world full of monsters and giants and magic… it was all simply too much. We watched an ice demon breathe fire (how he did it, we still don't know), and watched a man slay a giant dragon. The dragon was a water dragon and they were considered good creatures. The other three transformed to giant dragons who towered above him. In the Babylonian creation story their great god Marduk fights the sea dragon Tiamat. On each corner of its curved roof perch ten dragons and other mythical water animals that symbolically guard against the ever-present risk of fire. A snake is also associated with a dragon, the symbol of the Chinese nation. The world of science, logic, and technology has killed off the world of dragons, giants, and heroes. 1.1derogatory A fierce and intimidating person, especially a woman. 〈贬〉凶悍的女人，悍妇 the geography teacher was a real dragon 2 another term for flying dragon 3historical (in the 16th and 17th centuries) a short musket carried on the belt of a soldier, especially a mounted infantryman. Example sentencesExamples I walked up the stairs to Tralgar's home and knocked on the door, which was made difficult by the dragon I was carrying. 3.1 A soldier armed with a short musket carried on the belt. Compare with dragoon Example sentencesExamples Once more, the dragons crushed the offending soldiers, winning a victory that was soon to be short lived. Origin Middle English (also denoting a large serpent): from Old French, via Latin from Greek drakōn ‘serpent’.
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