| 单词 | fairy-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfairy-like ˈfairy-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in a manner characteristic of or resembling a fairy; (b) adj. resembling a fairy; small, delicate; (also) ethereal, magical; beautiful. ΚΠ 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 114 Fayry-like we therefore shun them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 57 Let them all encircle him about, And Fairy-like to pinch the vncleane Knight. View more context for this quotation 1713 R. Blackmore & J. Hughes Lay-monastery (1714) v. 31 The Nymphs, the Fairy-like Goddesses of the Lakes and Rivers. a1764 C. Churchill Journey (1765) 7 Let Them dance, fairy like, round Ossian's tomb. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 47 So slight and fairy-like a creature. 1879 J. Dowson Classical Dict. Hindu Mythol. 20 The Apsarases..are fairylike beings. 1918 J. Clarke Japan at First Hand xvi. 237 It is a winding fairy-like walk up a smart incline to the foot of the falls. 1941 Life 30 June 82 We look down upon a land of intricate and fairylike beauty. 1995 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 5 Mar. 1 f A ghost orchid—the bloom hanging under a pond-apple branch, fairy-like. 2010 N. C. Mailer Ticket to Circus 2011 xix. 138 A small blue fairy-like thing flitted in and out of the edge of my vision. < as lemmas |
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