nymph

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈnɪmf/    美 /ˈnɪmf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc. Greek,Roman
  2. A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
  3. The larva of certain insects.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
动词 v.
  1. To fish using a nymph larva as bait.
    — Kuster meanwhile nymphed the middle of the Snag. When I joined him, I threw my streamer between the main channel's flow and the skinnier side-channel flow, […]

词形变化

nymphs plural nymphae plural nymphe alternative,archaic,rare nymphs present,singular,third-person nymphing participle,present nymphed participle,past nymphed past nymphe alternative,archaic,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
deutonymph flymph jungle nymph nymphal nymphet nymphette nymphic nymphicidal nymphicide nymphine nymphiparous nymphish nymphlike nymphly nymph of darkness nymph of the pavé nymph of the pavement nymphoid nymphology nymphosis pronymph protonymph seminymph tree nymph tritonymph water nymph woodnymph wood-nymph
相关词
lymph nymphaeum nympho nymphomania nymphomaniac sylph

词源

词源 1
From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.
词源 2
From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.
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