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a/an [adj] pixie
用于描述性格特征。
She was a mischievous pixie.
她是个淘气的小精灵。
小精灵；小妖精
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小精灵；小妖精
A playful small creature in stories, like a fairy or elf.
She was a mischievous pixie.
她是个淘气的小精灵。
淘气的小精灵或仙女般的生物。
A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
与雷暴相关的高层大气光学现象,在对流穹顶表面短暂出现的针尖状光点,会产生地精。
An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
一种Melanis属的蝴蝶。
A butterfly of the genus Melanis.
A mischievous pixie hid my keys this morning.
一个淘气的小精灵今天早上把我的钥匙藏起来了。
The garden was said to be home to a family of pixies.
据说那个花园里住着一家小精灵。
She dressed up as a pixie for the costume party, complete with wings and a pointed hat.
她打扮成小精灵参加化妆舞会，还戴了翅膀和尖帽子。
用于描述性格特征。
She was a mischievous pixie.
她是个淘气的小精灵。
比喻快速、调皮的动作。
He darted around like a pixie.
他像个小精灵一样四处乱窜。
指一种女性短发发型。
She got a pixie cut.
她剪了一个精灵短发。
Not this
There is a pixy in the garden.
Use this
There is a pixie in the garden.
拼写错误：pixy 是 pixie 的变体拼写，但标准拼写为 pixie，应使用标准形式。
Not this
The story is about many pixie.
Use this
The story is about many pixies.
复数形式错误：pixie 为可数名词，表示多个精灵时应加 -s 变为 pixies。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
精灵仙尘；小精灵的魔法粉末
The children pretended to sprinkle pixie dust on each other and fly.
孩子们假装互相撒精灵仙尘，然后飞起来。
精灵翅膀；小精灵造型的翅膀
She wore a costume with shimmering pixie wings to the Halloween party.
她穿着带闪闪发光的精灵翅膀的服装去参加万圣节聚会。
淘气的小精灵；调皮的小精灵
The mischievous pixie played tricks on everyone in the village.
那只淘气的小精灵捉弄村里的每个人。
精灵蝶（Melanis属蝴蝶）
The pixie butterfly has a striking pattern on its wings.
精灵蝶的翅膀上有引人注目的花纹。
精灵短发（一种俏皮的超短发型）
She surprised everyone by getting a pixie cut before the wedding.
她在婚礼前剪了一个精灵短发，让大家都很惊讶。
神奇魔力；使事物变迷人或成功的魔法因素
The marketing team added a little pixie dust to the product and sales jumped.
营销团队给这个产品增添了一点神奇魔力，销量立刻飙升。
狂躁精灵梦中女孩（一种虚构角色原型，外表古怪迷人，专为帮助主角成长而存在）
She is tired of being cast as the manic pixie dream girl in romantic comedies.
她厌倦了在浪漫喜剧中扮演那种狂躁精灵梦中女孩。
你只需要信念、信任和精灵尘。
From Disney's 1953 animated film Peter Pan, where Peter tells the Darling children how to fly by thinking happy thoughts and sprinkling pixie dust.
出自迪士尼1953年动画电影《小飞侠》，彼得·潘告诉达林家的孩子们，只要想快乐的事并撒一点精灵尘就能飞。
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想象“皮克斯”动画里那顽皮的小精灵形象，pixie 就是爱捣蛋的精灵。
语域：mixed 常见场景：fairy tales、fantasy literature、casual conversation pixie 表示“小精灵”时通常带有俏皮、可爱的语感，多用于童话、奇幻故事或轻松的日常会话；在较正式的民间传说讨论中也可中性使用。日常使用偏非正式，学术写作中较少见。
These words all end in /-ɪksi/ and rhyme with pixie. Note that 'pixel' /ˈpɪksəl/ and 'pizza' /ˈpiːtsə/ look similar but do not rhyme.
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