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

water devil n. (a) any of the large predatory larvae of water beetles of the genera Hydrophilus and Dytiscus (now rare); †(b) U.S. = hellgrammite n. (obsolete rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1829 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 1 354 No species of larva is known that is provided with weapons of destruction so powerful, so numerous, and well adapted to their end, as those which this creature possesses. It is on this account that it has been popularly called the Water Devil.

1870 C. O. G. Napier Bk. Nature & Bk. Man v. 149 Its ravenous larvæ [sc. of the dragon fly] are kept in check by the ‘water devils’ or larvæ of Dytiscus which often get possession of them.

1891 Cent. Dict. Water-devil,..2. The dobson or hellgrammite.

1907 J. W. Schultz My Life as Indian xi. 128 Besides fish we now ate the flesh of water devils which could swim faster than an otter.

1954 H. Bastin Freaks & Marvels Insect Life Pl. XIII, (caption) The voracious larva of the diving-beetle—known colloquially as ‘the water devil’—has sharp-pointed tubular jaws through which it sucks the juices of its prey.

(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 devil
释义	> as lemmas water devil water devil n. (a) any of the large predatory larvae of water beetles of the genera Hydrophilus and Dytiscus (now rare); †(b) U.S. = hellgrammite n. (obsolete rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1829 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 1 354 No species of larva is known that is provided with weapons of destruction so powerful, so numerous, and well adapted to their end, as those which this creature possesses. It is on this account that it has been popularly called the Water Devil. 1870 C. O. G. Napier Bk. Nature & Bk. Man v. 149 Its ravenous larvæ [sc. of the dragon fly] are kept in check by the ‘water devils’ or larvæ of Dytiscus which often get possession of them. 1891 Cent. Dict. Water-devil,..2. The dobson or hellgrammite. 1907 J. W. Schultz My Life as Indian xi. 128 Besides fish we now ate the flesh of water devils which could swim faster than an otter. 1954 H. Bastin Freaks & Marvels Insect Life Pl. XIII, (caption) The voracious larva of the diving-beetle—known colloquially as ‘the water devil’—has sharp-pointed tubular jaws through which it sucks the juices of its prey. extracted from watern. water devil (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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