Bucephalus — Dizionario inglese

Nome proprio

1. The warhorse of Alexander the Great.

   Uso

   • storico

Sostantivo

1. Any horse used for riding.

   Uso

   • scherzoso

   Esempi

   the Bucephalus which he bestrode

2. That which is the greatest of its kind.

   Uso

   • figurato
   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lift.