英语词汇“water demon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) Designating a mythical or imaginary being that lives in, or rules or has power over, water, as water demon, water devil, water elf, water fairy, water ghost, water wraith, etc. See also water bull n. at Compounds 8c, water horse n. 3, water nymph n. 1, water spirit n. (b) at Compounds 7, etc.

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eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 331 Nymfæ, wæterælfenne.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 5589 A water goddesse, that callid was Echcho, Loued hym ful hoote for his gret fairnesse.

1583 R. Robinson tr. Aunc. Order Prince Arthure sig. L Salmasis Dianas nymph (but water fairy) went Oft times vnto a certaine poole.

a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbb4/2 Get me a conjurer, One that can raise a water devill.

1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 160 The blew vein'd Norae, And green hair'd Dorides with all their brats, Styl'd by the names of water goddesses.

1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 You wou'd hae taen me for a water-wreath, or some gruous ghaist.

1781 J. Logan Poems 5 Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xi. 184 A water-fiend hath possessed the fair Saxon.

1845 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 40 One who..winds her viewless ways To her crystal halls in the silent seas, among the Water-fays.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. xv. 191 In Australia, special water-demons infest pools and watering-places.

1878 O. Wilde Ravenna 5 And down the river, like a flame of blue, Keen as an arrow flies the water-king.

1925 E. Blunden Eng. Poems 90 The water-shapes steal towards his gonging drone.

1928 Oxf. Poetry 10 Many strong men had passed the ford, nor known the presence of that jeering water-ghost Denying their true conquest of the stream.

1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage iii. 92/2 He carried a medicine bundle containing sacred objects, including horns and bones thought to be relics of the mythical Uktena and Water Cougar.

1998 J. Williams Life Goethe iii. 148 This slight operetta..includes several other songs..another Danish ballad of a water-demon, an English riddle ballad.

2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. An ondine is a water wraith, a mermaid with legs, but no soul.

单词	water demon
释义	> as lemmas water demon (a) Designating a mythical or imaginary being that lives in, or rules or has power over, water, as water demon, water devil, water elf, water fairy, water ghost, water wraith, etc. See also water bull n. at Compounds 8c, water horse n. 3, water nymph n. 1, water spirit n. (b) at Compounds 7, etc. ΚΠ eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 331 Nymfæ, wæterælfenne. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 5589 A water goddesse, that callid was Echcho, Loued hym ful hoote for his gret fairnesse. 1583 R. Robinson tr. Aunc. Order Prince Arthure sig. L Salmasis Dianas nymph (but water fairy) went Oft times vnto a certaine poole. a1625 J. Fletcher Chances iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbb4/2 Get me a conjurer, One that can raise a water devill. 1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 160 The blew vein'd Norae, And green hair'd Dorides with all their brats, Styl'd by the names of water goddesses. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 You wou'd hae taen me for a water-wreath, or some gruous ghaist. 1781 J. Logan Poems 5 Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xi. 184 A water-fiend hath possessed the fair Saxon. 1845 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 40 One who..winds her viewless ways To her crystal halls in the silent seas, among the Water-fays. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. xv. 191 In Australia, special water-demons infest pools and watering-places. 1878 O. Wilde Ravenna 5 And down the river, like a flame of blue, Keen as an arrow flies the water-king. 1925 E. Blunden Eng. Poems 90 The water-shapes steal towards his gonging drone. 1928 Oxf. Poetry 10 Many strong men had passed the ford, nor known the presence of that jeering water-ghost Denying their true conquest of the stream. 1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage iii. 92/2 He carried a medicine bundle containing sacred objects, including horns and bones thought to be relics of the mythical Uktena and Water Cougar. 1998 J. Williams Life Goethe iii. 148 This slight operetta..includes several other songs..another Danish ballad of a water-demon, an English riddle ballad. 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. An ondine is a water wraith, a mermaid with legs, but no soul. extracted from watern. < as lemmas
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