| 单词 | pixie ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspixie ring pixie ring n. British regional (a) = fairy ring n. (also in extended use); (b) a stone with a hole in the middle (see quot. 1891). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > fairy-ring circle1563 fairy ring1600 roundelaya1635 fairy circlea1678 mushroom ring1807 pixie ring1837 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Pixy-rings, these rings are indicated by an exuberant growth of grass, depending on the presence of a number of minute fungi. a1847 MS. Gloss. Devon in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Pixy-puff, a broad species of fungus. Pixy-rings, the fairy circles. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Pixy Pixy-rings, round which they dance on moonlight nights. 1891 J. H. Pearce Esther Pentreath iii. x. 235 A rudely drilled stone with a bit of coloured ribbon run through it—a piskie-ring, or spinning-whorl, in fact. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 Jan. 13 200 children are dancing in a pixie ring. < as lemmas |
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