late 14c., from Latin centaurus, from Greek Kentauros, origin disputed. In early Greek literature they were a savage, horse-riding tribe from Thessaly; later they were monsters half horse, half man. The southern constellation of Centaurus is attested in English from 1550s but was known by that name to the Romans and known as a centaur to the Greeks. It has often been confused since classical times with Sagittarius.
雙語例句
1. His face reminded me somehow of a centaur.
他的臉使我想起半人半馬的怪物。
來自辭典例句
2. 'stentor or centaur ,'tis no matter, " answered Gerald, unruffled by his error.
" 不管它是什么,這沒關系, " 杰拉爾德回答說, 對自己的錯誤毫不在意.
來自飄（部分）
3. The eighth and ninth missions had Centaur boosting the spacecraft into an 80, 000 - kilometer deep - space orbit.
第八次和第九次利用森托爾將飛船送人一個8萬千米的深層太空軌道.
來自英漢非文學 - 科學史
4. Sagittarius , the centaur, merges beast and man a unique creature.
人馬座, 希臘神話中的半人半馬,是獸與人結合而成的獨特生物.
來自互聯網
5. No wonder he had soon been hustled away to centaur school.