| 单词 | fairy wing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy wing fairy wing n. (usually in plural) a fairy's wing; also in extended use, esp. in poetic contexts; (also) an item of costume or fancy dress resembling the traditional depiction of fairies' wings. ΚΠ ?1785 Universal Songster (new ed.) 179 Some faithful youth's..parting sigh, On fairy wings to distant plains is borne. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 78/2 No more is seen the radiant fold Of Fairy-wings bedropt with gold. 1836 Ladies' Pocket Mag. ii. 39 Lo! the spring Flits away on fairy wing. 1916 N. A. Smith in K. D. Wiggin & N. A. Smith Fairy Ring p. xi I watch The elfin host come trooping by, And hear the whir of fairy wings. 1980 Theatre Jrnl. Mar. 127/2 The hefty ballerinas wearing fairy wings. 2002 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 28 Jan. 15 My granddaughter came to see me yesterday, still wearing her fairy wings and tiara. 2012 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 16 Dec. (Living section) 20 Tinker Bell wants to follow them [to winter wonderland], but..it's forbidden for fear she'll lose her fairy-wings to frostbite. < as lemmas |
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