| 释义 |
ˈsea-maid poet.
= mermaid 1. Also, a goddess or nymph of the sea.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. i. 154 And certaine starres shot madly from their Spheares, To heare the Sea maids musicke. 1603― Meas. for M. iii. ii. 115 Some report, a Sea-maid spawn'd him. 1609Ev. Woman in Hum. i. i. in Bullen O. Pl. IV, They call them Sea-maides or Mermaides, singing sweetelye. 1633P. Fletcher Piscatory Ecl. ii. 21 You fisher-boyes and sea-maids dainty crue Farewell. 1725Pope Odyss. iv. 599 But the bright sea-maid's gentle power implor'd, With nectar'd drops the sick'ning sense restor'd. 1789Cowper Queen's Vis. London 70 So, ancient poets say, serene The sea-maid rides the waves. 1818Milman Samor i. 127 Rocks, where basks At summer noon the Sea-maid. 1859Ld. Lytton Wanderer 28 We caught the gleam of sea-maids' hair.
So sea-maiden.
1893D. O'Donoghue Brendaniana 89 The wonderful sea-maiden whom Brendan restored to life. 1898N. Munro J. Splendid vii. 68 Stories..of fairies, wizards, water-horse, and sea-maiden. |