a sylph of the air
指空气中无形的精灵,通常为女性,多用于文学或神话语境。
In the old myth, a sylph of the air watched over the forest.
在古老的神话中,一位空气精灵守护着森林。
风精;气之精灵
苗条优雅的女子;窈窕女子;长尾蜂鸟;空中无形的精灵;气精。;气元素精灵,通常为女性。;苗条优雅的女子,有时带有超乎常人的高贵气质。
An invisible being of the air; the elemental spirit of air, usually female.
指空中的元素精灵,常为女性形象。
空中无形的精灵;气精。
An invisible being of the air.
气元素精灵,通常为女性。
The elemental being of air, usually female.
苗条优雅的女子,有时带有超乎常人的高贵气质。
A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
主要呈深绿色和蓝色的蜂鸟(Aglaiocercus属),雄性有长而分叉的尾巴。
Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.
The ballet teacher said she moved like a sylph, so slender and graceful that everyone watched her.
芭蕾老师说她的动作像窈窕女子一样轻盈,如此苗条优雅,大家都看着她。
用法提示:句中 sylph 为名词,指苗条优雅的女子。
At the party, everyone noticed the sylph in the blue dress, who seemed to glide rather than walk.
聚会上,大家都注意到了那位穿蓝裙的窈窕女子,她似乎不是在走,而是在滑行。
用法提示:sylph 在句中作名词,指那位苗条优雅的女子。
The fashion magazine hired three sylphs for the photo shoot because their long, thin figures suited the clothes.
时尚杂志为这次拍摄雇了三位窈窕女子,因为她们高挑纤细的身材很适合这些衣服。
用法提示:复数形式 sylphs 是名词,指多位苗条优雅的女子。
指空气中无形的精灵,通常为女性,多用于文学或神话语境。
In the old myth, a sylph of the air watched over the forest.
在古老的神话中,一位空气精灵守护着森林。
借用精灵的轻盈优雅来形容女子的体态或动作。
The dancer was as graceful as a sylph.
那位舞者像空气精灵一样优雅。
形容某女子在人群中显得格外苗条优雅。
In her plain dress, she looked like a sylph among the other guests.
穿着朴素的她,在其他宾客中宛如一位窈窕仙子。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many sylph danced in the moonlight.
正确表达Many sylphs danced in the moonlight.
sylph 是可数名词,前面有 many 时要用复数形式 sylphs;汉语名词不随数量变形式,学习者容易漏掉复数词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子Sylph is a creature of the air.
正确表达A sylph is a creature of the air.
在普通陈述句中泛指气精这一类事物时,可数名词单数前要加不定冠词 a;汉语没有冠词系统,容易把冠词省掉。
nymph 源自希腊神话,指山林水泽中的女神,常带情爱、诱惑的意味,也可指美丽少女;sylph 特指“气”元素精灵,或形容极其苗条轻盈、气质飘逸的女子,不含情欲色彩。
sprite 是民间传说中顽皮小巧的精灵,常依附空气、水等元素,与 sylph 的“气精”义有重叠;但 sprite 没有“苗条女子”这一义项,sylph 也很少用来指淘气的小妖。
undine 是四大元素中“水”的精灵,与 sylph(气)、gnome(土)、salamander(火)并列;两者只在“元素精灵”这一层相当,undine 绝不用于形容女子身材。
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