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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。
仙女；精灵
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
仙女；精灵
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
A lovely fairy appeared in the garden.
一个可爱的仙女出现在花园里。
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.
小精灵(人形、顽皮、有魔力)
a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
迷人的女巫或生物
An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
对公开同性恋男子的冒犯性用语
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
The little girl believed a fairy lived in the garden.
那个小女孩相信花园里住着一位仙女。
Fairies are often shown with wings in storybooks.
故事书里的仙女通常都长着翅膀。
She dressed up as a fairy for the costume party.
她装扮成仙女去参加化装舞会。
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。
The fairy vanished with a smile.
仙女微笑着消失了。
此结构表示相信某物的存在。
Young children often believe in fairies.
小孩子常常相信有仙女。
Not this
I read a fairy.
Use this
I read a fairy tale.
误将‘fairy’当作‘fairy tale’的简写。‘fairy’指仙女或精灵，而‘fairy tale’才是‘童话故事’。
Not this
She told me a fairy's tale.
Use this
She told me a fairy tale.
误用所有格‘s’修饰名词。‘fairy’作定语修饰‘tale’时，直接用名词形式，不需要所有格。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
童话；神话故事
She grew up reading fairy tales.
她从小读童话长大。
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。
仙境；幻境
The garden looked like fairy land at night.
夜晚的花园看起来像仙境。
彩灯；小灯串
We decorated the patio with fairy lights.
我们用小彩灯装饰了露台。
精灵翅膀；仙女翅膀
The children wore fairy wings for the costume party.
孩子们戴着仙女翅膀参加化装舞会。
牙仙（儿童传说）
The tooth fairy left a coin under his pillow.
牙仙在他的枕头下留了一枚硬币。
仙女教母；恩人
She acted like a fairy godmother, granting every wish.
她像一个仙女教母，满足每一个愿望。
童话；不切实际的故事
The ending was too perfect, like a fairy tale.
结局太完美了，像个童话。
仙尘；魔力
The proposal needed a little fairy dust to make it magical.
这个提议需要一点仙尘才能变得神奇。
我四处游荡，快过月亮的轨道；我侍奉仙后。
In Shakespeare's play, the fairy says she serves the fairy queen.
在莎士比亚的戏剧中，仙子说她侍奉仙后。
如果你相信仙子，就拍拍手！
In Peter Pan, Tinker Bell is a fairy whose life depends on children's belief.
在《彼得潘》中，小叮当是一个仙子，她的生命取决于孩子们的信念。
Use fairy naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个轻盈的仙女在飞舞，“fairy”听起来像“飞瑞”，飞向祥瑞。
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。
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/).
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