首页英语词典fairyfairy的意思

fairy

英 ['feərɪ] 美['fɛri]

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近义词elf pixie goblin

n. 仙女，小精灵；漂亮姑娘
adj. 仙女的

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复数: fairies;

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1. fairy => faery, faerie.

中文词源

fairy 仙女，仙子，兔子（男同性恋者）

来自PIE*bha, 说，预测，词源同fable, fate. -ry, 地名后缀。原指有预测能力的仙子或精灵所在之地，后泛指仙子。用于俚语男同性恋。

英英释意

1. small, human in form, playful, having magical powers

2. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

英文词源

fairy: fairy: [14] Fairy is an Old French coinage. It comes from Old French faerie, which meant ‘enchantment, magic’ and was derived from fae ‘fairy’ (source of English fay [14]). This in turn came from the Latin plural fāta, used in personifying the Fates, three goddesses who in ancient mythology governed human destiny. The original notion of the French noun survives in the mock-medieval term faerie (introduced by Edmund Spenser in his Faerie Queene 1590), but in fairy itself it has been gradually replaced by the meaning of the word from which it was originally derived – fay.
=> fable, fame, fate
fairy (n.): c. 1300, fairie, "the country or home of supernatural or legendary creatures; fairyland," also "something incredible or fictitious," from Old French faerie "land of fairies, meeting of fairies; enchantment, magic, witchcraft, sorcery" (12c.), from fae "fay," from Latin fata "the Fates," plural of fatum "that which is ordained; destiny, fate," from PIE *bha- "to speak" (see fame (n.)). Also compare fate (n.), also fay.
In ordinary use an elf differs from a fairy only in generally seeming young, and being more often mischievous. [Century Dictionary]
But that was before Tolkien. As a type of supernatural being from late 14c. [contra Tolkien; for example "This maketh that ther been no fairyes" in "Wife of Bath's Tale"], perhaps via intermediate forms such as fairie knight "supernatural or legendary knight" (c. 1300), as in Spenser, where faeries are heroic and human-sized. As a name for the diminutive winged beings in children's stories from early 17c.
Yet I suspect that this flower-and-butterfly minuteness was also a product of "rationalization," which transformed the glamour of Elfland into mere finesse, and invisibility into a fragility that could hide in a cowslip or shrink behind a blade of grass. It seems to become fashionable soon after the great voyages had begun to make the world seem too narrow to hold both men and elves; when the magic land of Hy Breasail in the West had become the mere Brazils, the land of red-dye-wood. [J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories," 1947]
Hence, figurative adjective use in reference to lightness, fineness, delicacy. Slang meaning "effeminate male homosexual" is recorded by 1895. Fairy ring, of certain fungi in grass fields (as we would explain it now), is from 1590s. Fairy godmother attested from 1820. Fossil Cretaceous sea urchins found on the English downlands were called fairy loaves, and a book from 1787 reports that "country people" in England called the stones of the old Roman roads fairy pavements.

考试真题

Female Australian superb fairy wrens were found to repeat one sound over and over again while hatching their eggs.

I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words.

It turns out that baby red-backed fairy wrens also emerge chirping like their moms.

To find out if the special quality was more widespread in birds, the researchers sought the red-backed fairy wren, another species of Australian songbird.

词组搭配

away with the fairies

giving the impression of being mad, distracted, or in a dreamworld

疯狂的；心不在焉的；沉迷于梦幻中的

实用场景例句

a good/wicked fairy: 善良的仙子；邪恶的精灵

What happened when Pinocchio told a lie to the Blue Fairy?: 皮诺曹对蓝衣仙女说谎的时候发生了什么事?

In his dream, he became a fairy.: 在梦中, 他变成了一个小精灵.

The imaginative child made up fairy stories.: 这个想像力丰富的孩子自己编神话故事.

In the fairy stories, the youngest son usually ventures forth and tries to find his fortune.: 在神话故事中, 最小的儿子通常总是勇敢地出发寻求幸福.

Anderson's fairy tales are known for their profound morals.: 11安徒生的童话以寓意深刻著称.

Why are witches always as bad in fairy tales?: 为什么在童话里巫婆总是邪恶的代表呢 ?

There are many stories about the nymphs in Roman fairy tales.: 罗马神话中有许多关于仙女的故事.

The teacher used to beguile her pupils with fairy tales.: 这位教师常常给她的学生讲童话故事,借以吸引他们的兴趣.

What he said sounded like a fairy tale.: 他说的听上去简直像一篇神话.

Please retell the fairy story in English.: 请用英语复述这篇童话故事.

The wicked fairy bewitched the princess and made her fall into a long sleep.: 那个邪恶的小精灵对公主施了魔法,使她长睡不醒.

The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.: 神仙教母的魔法使灰姑娘的破烂衣衫变成了一件漂亮的长外衣.

The fairy king and queen were contending over possession of the cat.: 仙王和仙后争着要这只猫.

Fairy tales can intrigue most children.: 神话故事能引起大多数孩子的兴趣.

Fairy tales are imaginative.: 神话故事都是幻想出来的。

We beguiled the children with fairy tales.: 我们讲童话来哄小孩.

Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?: 有人能讲童话故事吗 ?

One of the favourite games in fairy tales is metamorphosis.: 神话故事的惯用手法之一是凭借魔力改变形态.

The writer takes wellknown fairy tales and gives them an ironical twist.: 作者通过讽刺手法对家喻户晓的童话故事进行了新的诠释.

He likes to listen to fairy stories.: 他喜欢听神话故事.

The fairy changed the ugly old woman into a frog.: 仙女把那个丑陋的老女人变成了一只青蛙.

Now tell me the truth: I don't want any more of your fairy stories.: 现在跟我说实话：我不想再听你胡编乱诌了。

The fairy waved her wand and the table disappeared.: 那仙女魔杖一挥，桌子不翼而飞。

She was like a princess in a fairy tale.: 她就像童话里的公主。

Fairy tales weren't just meant for children.: 童话故事不仅仅是写给孩子们的。

The woman I regarded as my fairy godmother was Sybil. She was wonderful to me.: 被我视为贵人的女子叫西比尔。她待我好极了。

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