单词 | pixie-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpixie-like ˈpixie-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > resembling fairy or elf sprighteda1586 spritelike1635 pixie-like1917 pixie-ish1942 1917 Times 28 Aug. 9/6 Pixie-like indeed are the little folk as they are to be met with in the openings off the pre-historic roads where their ancestors in childhood for innumerable generations spent their days in later summer and early autumn in the same genial task. 1979 J. Wainwright Reluctant Sleeper v. 69 Those ridiculously large spectacles, and that equally ridiculous pixie-like face. 1999 D. W. McCaffrey & C. P. Jacobs Silent Years Amer. Cinema 54 On the screen the charming, beautiful pixie-like woman became the ideal heroine for movie audiences in the 1910s. < as lemmas |
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