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elfin

英 ['elfɪn] 美['ɛlfɪn]
  • n. 小精灵;淘气鬼;矮人
  • adj. 小妖精的;像小妖精的
  • n. (Elfin)人名;(英)埃尔芬

英英释意


1. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;
"thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"
"the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
2. small and delicate;
"she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"
"obsessed by things elfin and small"
3. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf;
"elfin bells"
"all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
4. usually good-naturedly mischievous;
"perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"
"elvish tricks"