Word · Frequency #5646
fairy
仙女；精灵
核心释义
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
- 1.
具有魔力的人形神话生物
A mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although typically depicted as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, especially one that is female. Fairies are revered in some modern forms of paganism.
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小精灵(人形、顽皮、有魔力)
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
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迷人的女巫或生物
An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
- 4.
对公开同性恋男子的冒犯性用语
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- 5.
两种蜂鸟的成员
A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
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中国传说中的仙人
A legendary Chinese immortal.
具有魔力的人形神话生物；小精灵(人形、顽皮、有魔力)；迷人的女巫或生物；对公开同性恋男子的冒犯性用语；两种蜂鸟的成员
用法In use
The little girl believed a fairy lived in the garden.
用法提示：此处'fairy'为名词，在宾语从句中作主语，指有魔法的仙女。
Fairies are often shown with wings in storybooks.
用法提示：'fairies'是'fairy'的复数形式，在此作主语。
She dressed up as a fairy for the costume party.
用法提示：'fairy'作介词'as'的宾语，表示装扮成的仙女形象。
a/an [adjective] fairy
形容词前需用不定冠词 a 或 an。
A lovely fairy appeared in the garden.
一个可爱的仙女出现在花园里。
fairy + intransitive verb
The fairy vanished with a smile.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- fairy tale
- 童话；神话故事
- She grew up reading fairy tales.她从小读童话长大。
- fairy godmother
- 仙女教母；恩人
- Her fairy godmother granted her wish.她的仙女教母实现了她的愿望。
- fairy land
- 仙境；幻境
- The garden looked like fairy land at night.夜晚的花园看起来像仙境。
- fairy lights
- 彩灯；小灯串
- We decorated the patio with fairy lights.我们用小彩灯装饰了露台。
- fairy wings
- 精灵翅膀；仙女翅膀
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个轻盈的仙女在飞舞，“fairy”听起来像“飞瑞”，飞向祥瑞。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 表示精灵时语域中性，多用于童话故事、奇幻文学及儿童书籍中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhymes: words ending in -ary that share the /ɛə̯ri/ sound, e.g., airy, dairy, hairy, wary. Note that words like 'cherry' (/ˈtʃɛri/) and 'very' (/ˈvɛri/) have the same spelling ending but a different vowel (/ɛ/).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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