释义 |
mermaidmer‧maid /ˈmɜːmeɪd $ ˈmɜːr-/ noun [countable] mermaidOrigin: 1300-1400 ➔ MERE2 + maid - A mermaid with dark, tangled hair.
- At Starbucks' corporate headquarters, the signature mermaid placard toppled into the parking lot below.
- It's a spell, you see, the mermaid has the power to cast spells.
- Should you glimpse topless mermaids ... just look the other way.
- The lobby is graced with a fountain bearing a crystal mermaid.
- There was a mermaid there, too.
- Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.
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