nymph
英 [nɪmf]
美 [nɪmf]
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寧芙（Nymph）是希臘神話中次要的女神，有時也被翻譯成精靈和仙女，也會被視為妖精的一員，出沒於山林、原野、泉水、大海等地。是自然幻化的精靈，一般是美麗的少女的形象，喜歡歌舞。
2. 區分：lymph, nymph: 從它們的音譯詞的第一個漢字的發音的邊音(l)與鼻音(n)就可以區分開來。
中文詞源
nymph 少女，仙女來自拉丁語nympha,新娘，少女，半人半神的仙女，來自拉丁語nubere,結婚，詞源同nubile,nuptial.
英文詞源
- nymph
- nymph: [14] Greek númphē originally meant ‘bride’ (it was related to Latin nūbere ‘take a husband’, source of English connubial and nubile). It subsequently became extended, however, to ‘beautiful young woman’ and ‘female nature spirit, particularly one frequenting water’, and it was in the latter sense that the word first entered English, via Latin nympha and Old French nimphe. The original sense ‘bride’ lies behind nymphomania, coined in the second half of the 18th century.
=> connubial, nubile - nymph (n.)
- late 14c., "class of semi-divine female beings," from Old French nimphe (13c.), from Latin nympha "nymph, demi-goddess; bride, mistress, young woman," from Greek nymphe "bride, young wife," later "beautiful young woman," then "semi-divine being in the form of a beautiful maiden;" related to Latin nubere "to marry, wed" (see nuptial). Sub-groups include dryads, hamadryads, naiads, nereids, and oreads. Sense in English of "young woman, girl" is attested from 1580s. Meaning "insect stage between larva and adult" is recorded from 1570s. Related: Nymphal; nymphean.
雙語例句
- 1. She fled as if she were a startled nymph.
- 她像一個受驚的仙女逃走了.
來自辭典例句
- 2. The nymph continued her flight with his plea half uttered.
- 他的懇求還沒有說完,少女已經跑遠了.
來自辭典例句
- 3. I used rather to like to fancy her a somewhat quiet and serious, yet fair nymph.
- 我向來比較喜歡把她想象成一個有點文靜,一本正經而又美麗的山林女神.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Echo a nymph, used to be the goddess Juno's servant.
- 回聲女仙是司婚姻女神的一個女仆.
來自互聯網
- 5. The nymph do not contain any conventionally picturesque details.
- 畫中的睡蓮沒有任何傳統的逼真細節.
來自互聯網