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

单词

fairy penguin

释义

fairy /fāˈri/

noun

A creature of folklore, an imaginary being, generally of diminutive and graceful human form, capable of kindly or unkindly acts towards human beings
Fairyland (see also faerie)
An enchantress
A creature of overpowering charm
A male homosexual (derogatory)

adjective

Like a fairy, fanciful, whimsical, delicate

ORIGIN: OFr faerie enchantment, from fae (Mod Fr fée); see faerie and fay¹

fairˈily adverb

fairˈydom noun

fairˈyhood noun

fairˈyism noun

fairˈylike adjective and adverb

Like fairies or like something in fairyland
Very delicate and charming

fairˈy-beads plural noun

Joints of the stems of fossil sea lilies, or crinoids

fairy-buttˈer noun

A name applied in N England to certain gelatinous fungi

fairy cake noun

A small sponge cake, usu iced or decorated

faiˈry-cycle noun

A small child's bicycle

fairy godmother noun

A benefactress (or, loosely, a benefactor), esp an unexpected one

fairˈyland noun

The country of the fairies
An enchanting place

fairy light noun

(usu in pl) a small light used as decoration, esp on Christmas trees

fairˈy-money or fairy gold noun

Money reputedly given by fairies, which changes into withered leaves, slate, stones, etc
Money that comes unsought, hence, illusory riches

fairy moss noun

A small floating fern, Azolla caroliniana

fairy penguin noun

The smallest of the penguins, Eudyptula minor (also called korora or little (blue) penguin)

fairy ring noun

A ring of darker-coloured grass due to outward spread of a fungus (as the fairy-ring mushroom or champignon, Marasmius oreades), attributed to the dancing of fairies

fairy shrimp noun

A small crustacean (genus Branchinecta) that lives in fresh or brackish water

fairˈy-stone noun

A fossil sea-urchin
A concretion

fairy story or fairy tale noun

A story about fairies or other supernatural beings
A folk tale
A romantic tale
An incredible tale
A lie (euphemistic)
A marvel

fairy tale see fairy story above.

fairˈytale adjective

Beautiful, fortunate, etc, as in a fairy tale

fairy wren noun

A small Australian songbird (genus Malurus), the male of which displays colourful plumage

away with the fairies (informal)

In a state of abstraction
Given to daydreaming

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