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单词 sylvan
释义 syl·van
I. noun
or sil·van \ˈsilvən\
(-s)
Etymology: Latin silvanus, sylvanus, from Silvanus, Sylvanus, god of woods and trees, from silva, sylva forest + -anus -an (n. suffix)
1. : a deity or spirit frequenting groves or woods
2. : a person, animal, or bird living in or frequenting the woods or forest
II. adjective
also silvan \“\
Etymology: Medieval Latin silvanus, sylvanus, from Latin silva, sylva + -anus -an (adjective suffix)
1.
 a. : living or located in the woods or forest
  < a group of sylvan beings — J.G.Frazer >
  < still others, swamp and sylvan types mainly, never leave their native haunts — V.M.Ehlers & E.W.Steel >
 b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest
  < owned the whole mountain, led a sylvan life there — Vincent Sheean >
  < some such sylvan instrument of music — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
2.
 a. : made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees
  < living in a sylvan bower >
  < an unbroken expanse of sylvan vegetation >
 b. : abounding in woods, groves, or trees : woody, wooded
  < through which wind sylvan drives and paths edged with laurel — American Guide Series: Connecticut >
  < a sylvan setting for the Singing Tower — American Guide Series: Florida >
III.
variant of silvan
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