| 释义 |
mermaiden Now rare.|ˈmɜːmeɪd(ə)n|
Forms: see prec. and maiden.
[f. mere n.1 + maiden; cf. prec.]
= mermaid 1, 2.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 680 But it was wondir lyk to be Song of meremaydens of the see. c1440Jacob's Well 150 A mermayden of þe se..hath a body as a womman, & a tayl as a fysch, & clawys as an eryn. 1538Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. *293 Ane Terget of Gold, with ane Marmadyne in it of dyamontis. 1584Cogan Haven Health (1636) 170 A Syren or Mermayden, that is, halfe fish and halfe flesh. 1848E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 70 Sufficiently graceful to be the nightcap of the tiniest and prettiest of mermaidens. 1849M. Arnold Forsaken Merman vi, The cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden. |