mermaid

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɜːˌmeɪd/    美 /ˈmɝ.meɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.
    — Search the depth, & ſee that variety of Sea monſters & fiſhes, Mare-maids, Sea men, Horſes, &c. which it affords.
  2. Coloured a brilliant turquoise.
    — a mermaid smoothie
  3. A prostitute. obsolete
    — A Gentleman or an honeſt Cittizen, ſhall not Sit in your pennie-bench Theaters, vvith his Squirrell by his ſide cracking nuttes; nor ſneake into a Tauerne vvith his Mermaid; but he ſhall be Satyr'd and Epigram'd vpon, and his humour muſt run vpo'th Stage: […]

词形变化

mermaids plural

词汇关系

衍生词
false mermaid Fiji mermaid mermaidcore mermaiding mermaidish mermaidlike mermaid's fishing line mermaid's glove mermaid's hair mermaid's head mermaid skirt mermaid's purse mermaid's toenail mermaid's tresses mermaid syndrome mermaid tresses mermaidweed mermaidy reverse mermaid
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词源

From Middle English mermayde (“maid of the sea”), from mere (“sea, lake”) + maid, equivalent to mer- + maid. Cognate with Dutch meermeid (“mermaid”), Middle High German mermaget, mermeit (“mermaid”, > German Meermagd, Meermädchen (“mermaid”)). Compare Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”).
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