单词 | naiad |
释义 | naiad (once / 9373 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY naiad: naiades, naiads USAGE EXAMPLESOut of the river rose the river god with his Naiad daughters. C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew(1955) A naiad had brought him a big platter of pastries, and as Tantalus spoke, his right hand chased a chocolate eclair across the judge’s- table. Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters(2006) Then I remembered the voice of the river naiad at the ranch: The water is within.me. Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth(2008) 1 n (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains 2Hyper water nymph (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water n submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water Syn|Hyper water nymph aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth |
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