fairy ring

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place where fairies congregate in a ring, particularly in order to dance.
    — They are fond of music and dancing. It is their dancing that forms the fairy rings.
  2. A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium.
    — This curious phenomenon has been differently accounted for. The following is Mr. Nicholson's description and explanation: "the appearance in the grass, says he, commonly called Fairy Rings, is well known. It consists either of a ring of grass of more luxuriant vegetation than the rest, or a kind of circular path in which the vegetation is more defective than elsewhere. It appears to be pretty well ascertained that the latter state precedes the former. […]

词形变化

fairy rings plural

词源

The idea of a ring where fairies danced was a traditional explanation for the fungal phenomenon before it was understood.
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