| 单词 | gryphon |
| 例句 | As Leo watched, a wild gryphon dived out of the clouds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The monster veered off, but the other gryphons were losing their patience. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The gryphons’ shrieking stopped abruptly, replaced by the thunk, thunk, thunk of heavy objects hitting the mud. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The gryphons arrived in a wave of angry beaks, talons, and wings, swarming around the giant, trying to get under his legs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Frozen gryphons stuck out of the ground like feathery Popsicle sticks, their wings still spread, beaks open, eyes wide with surprise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Perched on top of the pole where the raven had been, a fat ugly gryphon glared down at them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z More monsters kept appearing - karpoi grain spirits swirling out of the grass, gryphons diving from the sky, lumpy clay humanoids that made Jason think of evil Play-Doh men. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Yeah, him too. But they were talking about Herodotus saying there were giant ants and gryphons guarding gold mines, and how he made this stuff up.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z More monsters kept pouring in from the side corridors, while gryphons wheeled overhead, undeterred by the crumbling floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He deflected a vial of Greek fire right up the throat of a gryphon, which burst into flames and spiraled into the pit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Hazel raised her sword, but an icy wall of water slammed sideways into the gryphon and washed it into the bay. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Frank’s archers shot gryphons out of the air and caused chaos in the main body of the monster army across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On her way out, gryphons had attacked, mortally wounding her pegasus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘The air is filled with storm spirits and gryphons. All roads to the Acropolis are patrolled by the Earthborn.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He hacked a gryphon out of the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She stood outside the mullioned window, stroked the gryphon’s sleek feathered head, and suffered a pang of absurd envy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They stumbled through the snow, smacking and slicing gryphons that re-formed from dust every time they were killed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was trying to figure out how to string a frozen gryphon onto his necklace. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She knew she was in more danger than when she’d been fighting the Amazons, or fending off the gryphons, or climbing the glacier on Arion’s back. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Percy poured on speed, but he could hear the gryphons closing behind them, and now the monsters were really angry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It shone on the floor like spilled sugar, and when she slid from her gryphon’s back, it was cold under her bare feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A few feet away, a group of empousai tore into the carcass of a gryphon while other gryphons flew around them, squawking in outrage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The gryphon swooped after them, its front claws extended for the kill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He realized they were alive only because the gryphons weren’t trying to kill them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The gryphon’s wings brushed the shoulders of scholars. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Twice they heard the screech of gryphons, but they sounded a long way off. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The gryphons wanted to pick them up and carry them off somewhere. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From a dozen nests across the marsh, golden objects shot into the air—jewelry, weapons, coins, gold nuggets, and most importantly, gryphon eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Percy’s arms still throbbed where the gryphon had grabbed him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hazel couldn’t believe what she was seeing —black mastiffs, giant eagles, a lion-eagle hybrid that must’ve been a gryphon, and a red ant the size of a compact car. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Percy slashed at it with his sword, but the gryphon veered out of reach. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a massive bird’s nest—a gryphon's nest—the bottom littered with old pieces of jewelry, an Imperial gold dagger, a dented centurion’s badge, and two pumpkin-sized eggs that looked like real gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Soon after she’d landed on the Argo II, her pegasus Scipio had collapsed, overwhelmed by poisoned claw marks from a gryphon attack the night before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He took aim, but the gryphon shrieked so loudly the sound echoed off the mountains. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Frank shot another gryphon out of the sky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They argue over who will get to ride the gryphon but Widget relents when Celia tells them the story of the nine-tailed fox just behind it, which suddenly sounds much more appealing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He swatted at the gryphons, but they squawked in outrage and began pecking at his legs and hands. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She wished it were she riding a gryphon and sorting through jeweler’s trays for just the right moon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z About a mile away, over the mountains, a black cloud was swirling—a whole flock of gryphons, dozens at least. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A gryphon soared overhead, almost decapitating him with its talons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He describes Sir Thomas Browne’s compendium of real and imaginary creatures: the chameleon, the salamander, the ostrich, the gryphon and the phoenix, the basilisk, the unicorn, and the amphisbaena, the serpent with two heads. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z The perpetually metamorphosing Baldanders, the silkworm unspoiled by human use, the unicorn and basilisk and gryphon — each of these spell out human desire. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z One newspaperman described the megalosaurus, the greatest of the “antediluvian monsters,” as a scaly dragon with the “head of a gryphon” and an “eye as big as a cheese-cake.” Creating a Lost World, From the Fossils Out 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Or is it a mythical creature, a gryphon, more there to be tracked than ever finally treed? David Kipen's Great American Novel: The works of Thomas Pynchon 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Sunday, the team flew the Iranian flag at their station next to the flag of Team Gryphon — a black flag with a purple silhouette of the gryphon — as a sign of their unlikely partnership. After visa delays, Afghan girls’ robotics team arrives in D.C. for global competition 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Originally called the Laramie Plains Civic Center Auditorium Center, the stage was renamed the Gryphon Theatre based on the gryphons in the archway on either side of the stage. Civic center theater’s 90-year history revealed 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The gryphon, however, though constantly met in Gothic, is rarely grotesque in itself. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Next, facing another tree with palmated leaves and grape-like fruit, is a gryphon, a creature having the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z Two colossal gryphons support elegant columns, and still command a certain amount of awe amongst the smaller children who play about the Piazza del Duomo. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The general effect is thus that of a rich oriental tapestry, and the subjects are largely chosen from the fantastic and monstrous creations of Assyrian art, such as the sphinx and gryphon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" She knew how deeply attached Roddy was to those gryphons; she remembered his pride when he had pointed them out to her. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary They are heads of the eagle or gryphon order, with a forehead ornament very Assyrian in character. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z At the other side of this tree, and facing the gryphon, is a similar monster, which has, however, the head of a dog or wolf. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z Some of these columns rise from their bases on the backs of lions, gryphons, and crouching human figures, thus in a way representing the dominion of the Word of God over creation. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The spaces between the circles are filled in with gryphons in pairs, of the Babylonian stamp, thick limbed with strongly-marked muscles. Needlework As Art At the end of the garden away from the road there was an old iron gate with stone pillars, and upon these pillars sat old stone gryphons. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary The heads of the jambs are compound, being the head of a grinning beast, probably a lion, from the mouth of which emerges a gryphon head of small size. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z He thought that the land was over-run with gryphons and serpents which burnt and slew his people, and he made war on the monsters, and was sorely wounded, though at last he killed them all. The Book of Romance On either side are the saint with a dove, and a lion with a gryphon. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Or Dryden perhaps had not taken up a right view of the gryphon's looking, or he thought that his readers would not. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 He leaned on the stone gate and looked out over the fields—The gryphons regarded him benevolently. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Thus, while swiftness suggested the eagle, strength was figured by the lion: so when a symbol of swiftness and strength was required arose the compound eagle-lion, the gryphon. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z When heard at night, the effect is magical. 112The southern entrance has a pair of gryphons, and beyond them is the entrance arch, which is inferior to the rest of the edifice. Travels in the Far East By their sides and overhanging the pavement, on brackets, are two huge gryphons holding a sheep and a calf. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z He has let go the fell gryphon, borrowing instead the lion's glances of Emetrius. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 As he walked away from the stables and turned towards the end of the garden bounded by the gryphons and the stone gate, he felt his body at its most supreme perfection. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary Nymph, minstrel, angel, all were there, Snake-God, and spirit of the air, Giant, and bard, and gryphon, met, Their eyes upon the marvel set. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse But the investigator of the early history of these wonder-beasts is compelled, even at the risk of incurring the herald's censure, to regard the gryphon as one of the earliest known tentative efforts at dragon-making. The Evolution of the Dragon Above this are two more gryphons in bronze and a lion. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The chief works of this period in the round are lions and gryphons supporting columns as at Ancona and Perugia, and many other Italian cities. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Next to this monster comes the gryphon, a combination of the quadruped and the bird, for it has the body of the lion and the head and talons of the eagle. The Cathedral It was a little vase of rock-crystal, ornamented with gold medallions, covered with exquisite and precise engraving of great beauty and variety of design—gryphons, serpents, winged discs, men contending with lions. Romance Island The student of modern heraldry would not regard this as a dragon at all, but merely a gryphon or griffin. The Evolution of the Dragon Depending from the gryphons is the great chain and bar which were captured from the Sienese. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z She took up the magical pen, laid ready as Helmas had directed, and she wrote with this gryphon's feather. Figures of Earth If we talk of gryphons, the zoologists are upon us; of Oolb or Aklis, the geographers flourish their maps at us in defiance. Gossip in a Library I wandered with the gryphon and the gnome; I sounded the horn at enchanted portals; I conquered in the knightly lists; I planted my standard over battlements huge as the painter's birth of Babylon itself. The Pilgrims of the Rhine Abstractions manufactured by human reason are no more philosophy than an account of centaurs and gryphons is natural history. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama Cool-babbling a fountain falls From gryphons' mouths in porphyry; Carp haunt its waters; and white balls Of lilies dip it when the bee Creeps in and drawls. Poems Then he said: "Did you haply meet anywhere with a knight with the figure of a red gryphon upon his shield?" whereunto the damsel answered: "Nay, I saw none such." The Story of the Champions of the Round Table They very soon came upon a gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Their idea is continued in the court by the gryphon decorations and Albert Laessle's wreath-bearing Friendly Lions, at the entrances to the palaces. The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition At the risk of catching on to the gryphons and chimaeras of the huge candelabrum, he stood there, braving the glare and dropping of the wax candles, to Martial's extreme annoyance. Domestic Peace It was of fine crimson cloth striped with silver and there was the figure of a gryphon carved upon the summit of the centre pole of the pavilion. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table |
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