a [adj] pixy
pixy 是可数名词,可用形容词修饰。
She was a mischievous pixy.
她是一个调皮的小精灵。
小精灵;小妖精
pixies — plural of pixy
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小精灵;小妖精
(in folklore) a small, mischievous fairy
She was a mischievous pixy.
她是一个调皮的小精灵。
(民间传说中)喜欢恶作剧的小精灵
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
一种匍匐常绿灌木,叶片狭长重叠,早春开白色星状花;产于新泽西州和卡罗来纳州的松林荒地
creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
The old stories tell of a playful pixy who would hide people's keys.
古老的故事讲述了一个爱玩的小精灵,他会藏起人们的钥匙。
In the garden, the children believed they saw pixies dancing among the flowers.
在花园里,孩子们相信他们看到小精灵在花丛中跳舞。
She left out a bowl of milk for the pixy, hoping it would bring good luck.
她为小精灵留了一碗牛奶,希望它能带来好运。
pixy 是可数名词,可用形容词修饰。
She was a mischievous pixy.
她是一个调皮的小精灵。
复数形式常用于描述行为。
Pixies danced in the moonlight.
小精灵们在月光下跳舞。
Not this
I saw pixy in the garden.
Use this
I saw a pixy in the garden.
在英语中,可数名词单数前通常需要不定冠词 'a' 或 'an'。中文没有冠词,学习者容易遗漏。加上 'a' 后句子语法正确。
Not this
There were many pixys in the forest.
Use this
There were many pixies in the forest.
名词 'pixy' 的复数形式不是直接加 's',而是变 'y' 为 'i' 再加 'es',即 'pixies'。学习者常因规则不熟悉而误加 's'。
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复数形式为pixies
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