单词 | sea-nymph |
释义 | sea-nymphn. 1. Mythology. A nymph (nymph n.1 1) supposed to inhabit the sea; a Nereid. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > water-nymph(s) naiada1393 Nereida1393 water nympha1393 fairy of the sea1542 Neread1555 sea-nymph1565 naïs1581 naid1617 limnad1818 ephydriad1832 Oceanid1849 hydriad1864 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 5 The Seanymphes wondred vnder waues the townes & groues too see. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 567 The Sea-nymphs or Meere-maides also called Nereides. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 405 Sea-Nimphs hourly ring his knell. View more context for this quotation 1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xxxix. 166 The Sea Nymphs were in great Numbers call'd Nereides. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xxviii. 118 Hark! hears he not the sea-nymph speak Her anger in that thrilling shriek? 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 49 O Italy, mother of nations Like her own fair sea-nymph's brood, Who turn and rend their mother. 2. An antarctic petrel, Procellaria nereis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Procellaria > other types petrel1602 Antarctic petrel1777 grey petrel1782 sea-nymph1875 whale-bird1875 pediunker1910 1875 J. H. Kidder Nat. Hist. Kerguelen Island i. 31. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1565 |
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