| 字词 | 蛟 |
| 释义 | »» 蛟 jiāo MC kaew 1. a species of dragon that usu. embodies the destructive or perfidious aspects of water, as opposed to the usu. beneficent aspects represented by the 龍 lóng-dragon; often a producer of floods; in med. times also a shape-changer with ability to take on alluring feminine form. Translate as “lamia,” which has some similar features in Western mythology. (N.B. Do not translate as “kraken,” whose chief characteristics are enormous size and monstrous appearance like a giant squid, totally unlike the jiāo-dragon.) a. 蛟絲 jiāosī, “lamia-silk,” fine pongee supposedly woven by 蛟人 jiāorén, “lamia-people” of coastal regions, actually cloth woven from the byssus of the pinna mussel, equiv. Gk. pinikon. 2. ⦿ 鮫 jiāo, shark.
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