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Bucephalus是什么意思

Bucephalus

英 [bju:'sefələs] 美
  • n. 亚历山大大帝的战马;骑用马

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Bucephalus
Alexander the Great's favorite horse, from Greek Boukephalos, literally "Ox-head," from bous "ox" (see cow (n.)) + kephale "head" (see cephalo-).
Men called [him] Bucephalus ... of the marke or brand of a buls head, which was imprinted vpon his shoulder. [Pliny, I.220, tr. Holland, 1601]

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