sylph

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An invisible being of the air.
    — Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
  2. The elemental being of air, usually female.
  3. A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people. broadly
  4. Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

词形变化

sylphs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
sylphic sylphish sylphlike sylphy
相关词
sylvan savage Silvanus

词源

First attested in 1657. From New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”). Ultimately from the root silva (“woods, forest”). Related to sylvan.
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