English Dictionary

Centaur

noun

(Greek mythology) One of a race of monsters having a head, torso, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. Often depicted as rowdy drunkards, with Chiron being a notable exception.

The centaur galloped through the forest.

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) One of a race of monsters having a head, torso, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse. Often depicted as rowdy drunkards, with Chiron being a notable exception.

意味（2）

A skillful horseman or horsewoman.

意味（3）

(astronautics) A U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.

意味（4）

(astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune