centauresque (comparative more centauresque, superlative most centauresque)
Having attributes like those of the mythical centaur.
By extension, having the characteristics of two things combined together; hybridized; chimeric.

The Sinful Centaur 神话中的人马 by Rachel Black It is speculated that in ancient Greece, before horses became common, invaders from the north rode on horseback and attacked villages. To the Greeks, these horsemen looked like monstrous half-men

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LONDON, July 11 (Xinhua) -- When the sun withdrew its last drop of sunshine on Tuesday, the ancient Stonehenge was transformed into a carnivalesque fire garden to mark the London 2012 Olympics. Lit up with fire sculpture, the megalithic monuments wer

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Bob Beamon established himself as the favourite in the 1968 long jump by winning 22 of 23 meets in the pre-Olympic season. He almost met with disaster in the qualifying round. After fouling his first two attempts, he had only one try left. His teamma

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The US is sanctioning a dozen individuals and five organizations tied in North Koreas nuclear and weapons proliferation efforts. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says the international community sends Pyongyang a firm message that North Korea

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the Arabesque festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This three-week event brings eight hundred

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The gods of ancient Greece rarely get featured roles in movies any more; but Zeus, Poseidon, Hades and the rest are at the center of at Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, a new film adventure adapted from the first in a series of n

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Last October, a NASA rocket, traveling at a speed of 9,000 kilometers per hour, smashed into a dark crater on the moon's south pole. Upon impact, the Centaur rocket kicked up a cloud of debris and elements from the moon's surface, creating a so-calle

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NASA has accomplished another first. I guess my summary is really cool. Today we kicked up some moon dusts and all indications are.. its going to be a very interesting set of results. As we, uh, approach very rapidly the surface of the Cabeus crater.

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Step by Step 3000. Book two. Unit 2. Shaping and Reshaping Personality. Part 1. Warming up. A. Keywords. constellation, months, dates. Vocabulary. constellation, Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, Pisces, Aquarius, Leo, Cancer, Aries, Gemini, Sagittarius, cen

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Clare sits down at the edge of the clearing. Etta says I shouldnt talk to strangers. Thats good advice. Silence. When are you going to disappear? When Im good and ready to. Are you bored with me? Clare rolls her eyes. What are you working on? Penmans

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Supermarket ASDA have become the latest to produce a version of Kim Kardashian's infamous 'Break the Internet' shoot - and are using it to sell ?10 champagne. 美国的阿斯达连锁超市最近将金卡戴珊那张臭名昭著的玩坏了互联网的

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By Brian Wagner Miami 09 October 2009 Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and its rocket's upper stage The U.S. space agency has smashed a pair of heavy space craft into the moon's surface in the hopes of finding evidence of f

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Calsphere 卡尔斯菲尔美国拦截卫星 CAMEO(Chemically Activated Mater. Ejected inOrb.) 卡梅欧(轨道放射化学激活物质)美国科学卫星 Canister 茶叶罐美国小型军事空间站 C

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True Dedication! 好投入啊! Mrs. Fortesque was getting more and more worried. 福特斯克太太越来越担心。 Her husband had left for a round of golf early in the morning and by mid-afternoon he still wasn't home. 因为她先生一早出去打

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