| 单词 | river nymph |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver nymph river nymph n. a nymph thought to inhabit a river as its tutelary spirit; cf. naiad n. 1a. ΚΠ 1633 T. May Reigne Henry II ii. sig. C8v The river-nymphes, that saw her comming, thought Some sweete atchievement now was to be wrought. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 160 Those fair River Nymphs, ycleped of old the Napææ, or the Naïades. 1845 A. Strickland Lives Queens of Eng. VII. 445 Her next office was to..dance her ballet with her river-nymphs. 2000 Rev. Eng. Stud. 51 595 Ovidian myths where female river nymphs combine with male spirits of mountains. < as lemmas |
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