| 单词 | fairy king |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy king fairy king n. a king of the fairies.Sometimes named Oberon, after the character in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream; cf. fairy queen n. ΚΠ 1597 C. Middleton Famous Hist. Chinon iv. sig. F3 A mighty ragged Rocke, wherein was a faire fashioned sword,..where this fairie King told them they were all to approue their forces at the pulling of it. 1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends v. v. sig. L4 Perhaps the fairy King Will take some pawse, study a while, consult With his Queene Mab. 1725 J. Arbuckle Let. 30 Oct. in Lett. Dublin Jrnl. (1729) I. xxxi. 254 Earthly Damsels..made Concubines to Fairy Kings. 1881 Musical World 1 Jan. 3/2 We hardly notice Oberon and Titania, or even Pactolet, as he begs the Fairy King to help him. 1999 Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. The..modern obsession with..alien abductions is..an updating of the old legends, with their fairy kings and queens whisking hapless mortals away with them. < as lemmas |
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