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单词 elfs
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elf /elf/

noun (pl elves /elvz/)
  1. In European folklore, a supernatural being, generally of human form but diminutive size, sometimes more malignant than a fairy
  2. A fairy
  3. A dwarf
  4. A mischievous or fairy-like being, esp a child
transitive verb (Shakespeare)

To entangle (hair)

ORIGIN: OE ælf; cf ON ālfr and Swed elf

elfˈhood noun

elfˈin adjective

  1. Small, with delicate frame
  2. Small, mischievous and charming
  3. Relating to a good-natured elf
noun
  1. A little elf
  2. A child
  3. A small N American butterfly

elfˈish, elvˈan, elvˈen or elvˈish adjective

  1. Elf-like or mischievous
  2. Tricky
  3. Distraught
  4. Self-willed

elfˈ-arrow or elfˈ-bolt noun

An elf-shot

elfˈ-child noun

A changeling, or a child supposed to have been left by elves in the place of one stolen by them

elf cup noun

Any of several cup-shaped fungi

elfˈland noun

The land of the elves or fairies

elfˈlocks plural noun (Shakespeare)

Locks of hair tangled together, supposedly by elves

elfˈ-shoot transitive verb

To shoot with an elf-arrow, bewitch

elfˈ-shot noun

  1. A prehistoric flint or stone arrowhead, supposed to be used by elves
  2. Sickness attributed to it

adjective

  1. Shot with an elf-arrow
  2. Bewitched

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