| 单词 | nymph |
| 释义 | nymph (once / 985 pages) 1n 2n If you're excited to have spotted a nymph, you must take an interest in attractive young women or in bugs. It's really none of my business either way. The word nymph comes straight out of Greek mythology, where it described nature spirits in the form of young women usually found in the woods. When you didn't return to the campsite for so long, I thought you'd either been eaten by a bear or run off with a nymph. What do you mean you ran off with a bear? Or were you just out looking for the insect larva kind of nymphs? WORD FAMILYnymph: nymphs USAGE EXAMPLESCenzo falls in love with Giulia, and before long she is “transformed into a fierce little sea nymph,” words are “insufficient” to describe her. New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) Nymphs hatched in the silvery water and the western sky lit up like coals in a dying fire. New York Times(Oct 21, 2016) The term “annual cicada” is something of a misnomer, as nymphs may spend two to five years underground before emerging. New York Times(Sep 16, 2016) 1 1n (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water Exp|Hypo|Hyper Lorelei a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction Echo (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained Atlantides, Hesperides(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera Hyades(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward Oread(Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs Pleiades(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion Asterope, Sterope(Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades water nymph(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water Daphne(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo dryad, wood nympha deity or nymph of the woods Salmacisnymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body sea nymph(Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus naiad(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains hamadryadthe nymph or spirit of a particular tree Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity a deity of classical mythology 2n a voluptuously beautiful young woman 2Syn|Hyper houri adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) n a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) Hyper larva the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
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