单词 |
man-tiger |
释义 |
man-tiger a. A man resembling a tiger in ferocity. b. A ‘lycanthrope’ who assumes the form of a tiger.
a1652Brome Queene's Exchange ii. iii. Wks. 1873 III. 494 We have hitherto Pass'd by these man-Tygers, these wolvish Outlaws safely. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. (1873) I. 102 The Lavas of Birma, supposed to be the broken-down remains of a cultured race, and dreaded as man-tigers. 1872Nature 29 Feb. 343/1 The analogous belief in man-hyenas, man-tigers, &c. 1941J. Masefield Gautama 35 Man-tigers dragged the white form nearer As victim on that stone to lie. |

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