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chimera

/kɪ-/ /kaɪˈmɪəɹə/

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Химера

Alternative letter-case form of Chimera (a flame-spewing monster often represented as having two heads, one of a goat and the other of a lion; the body of a goat; and a serpent as a tail).

Examples :

"The artist's sculpture was a fantastical chimera, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake for a tail. "

Скульптура художника была фантастической химерой: с головой льва, телом козы и змеей вместо хвоста.

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Химера, мифическое существо

Any fantastic creature with parts from different animals.

Examples :

"The artist's sculpture was a strange chimera, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake. "

Скульптура художника была странной химерой: с головой льва, телом козы и хвостом змеи.

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Химера, вымысел

Anything composed of very disparate parts.

Examples :

"The car which he built himself was a real chimera: half Volkswagen and half Porsche."

Автомобиль, который он построил сам, был настоящей химерой: наполовину Фольксваген и наполовину Порше.

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Химера, иллюзия, вымысел

A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.

Examples :

"Hoping to win the lottery was a chimera that distracted her from her real financial goals. "

Надежда выиграть в лотерею была химерой, которая отвлекала ее от ее реальных финансовых целей.

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Химера

A grotesque like a gargoyle, but without a spout for rainwater.

Examples :

"The university building was decorated with several chimeras; stony monsters that watched over the campus, forever silent because they were just decorations, not gargoyles channeling rainwater. "

Здание университета было украшено несколькими химерами; каменными монстрами, которые наблюдали за кампусом, навсегда безмолвными, потому что они были просто украшениями, а не горгульями, отводящими дождевую воду.

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Химера

An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

Examples :

"Because the child received a bone marrow transplant from her brother, she is considered a chimera, possessing some of his blood cells alongside her own. "

Поскольку ребенок получил трансплантацию костного мозга от своего брата, его считают химерой, обладающей некоторыми его клетками крови наряду со своими собственными.

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Химера, химерообразные

Usually chimaera: a cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin.

Examples :

"While snorkeling in the deep ocean, the marine biologist was excited to spot a chimera with its distinctive blunt snout and long, whip-like tail. "

Во время снорклинга в глубоком океане морской биолог был взволнован, увидев химеру с ее характерной тупой мордой и длинным, похожим на хлыст хвостом.

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