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单词 elfin
释义 elf·in
I. \ˈelfə̇n\ adjective
Etymology: irregular from elf
1.
 a. : of, relating to, or produced by an elf
  < elfin bells >
  < all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance >
 b. : of or relating to a small child or to childhood
  < the elfin adventurous time when tall weeds closed over us like woods — G.K.Chesterton >
2.
 a. : small, slight, and delicately made or proportioned : dwarfish
  < a little elfin man whose reddish hair was beginning to thin and gray — W.A.White >
  < apparently was obsessed by things elfin and small — Green Peyton >
 b. : quick, agile, and delicate (as in movement or thought)
  < unfailingly shows poetic insight and elfin liveliness of fancy — American Guide Series: Ind. >
  < his touch was light, crisp, and somehow deliciously comic; he could start the keys into elfin life — J.B.Priestley >
 c. : good-naturedly or slyly mischievous : playful, puckish
  < with elfin delight he perpetuated a successful practical joke — J.A.Morris b. 1904 >
 d. : having an otherworldly, unearthly, or magical quality : fey
  < a strange elfin creature >
  < thunderheads quivered with the elfin flares of the heat lightning — Edwin Granberry >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : elf; also : child, urchin
2. : any of several delicate grayish brown or orange-brown hairstreak butterflies (genus Incisalia) flying in early spring
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