nymph

英 [nɪmf] 美 [nɪmf]

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※ 提供单词"nymph"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

nymph 少女，仙女

来自拉丁语nympha,新娘，少女，半人半神的仙女，来自拉丁语nubere,结婚，词源同nubile,nuptial.

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.

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2. The nymph continued her flight with his plea half uttered.: 他的恳求还没有说完,少女已经跑远了.

3. I used rather to like to fancy her a somewhat quiet and serious, yet fair nymph.: 我向来比较喜欢把她想象成一个有点文静,一本正经而又美丽的山林女神.

5. The nymph do not contain any conventionally picturesque details.: 画中的睡莲没有任何传统的逼真细节.