【fairy】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句
英语(English)
替代形式(Alternative forms)
词源(Etymology)
From Middle English fairye, fairie, from Old French faerie, from fae + -erie, from Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from Latin fātum (“fate”). Equivalent to Fate + -ery.
English from ca. 1300, first in the sense of "enchantment, illusion, dream" and later "realm of the fays, fairy-land" or "the inhabitants of fairyland as a collective". The re-interpretation of the term as a countable noun denoting individual inhabitants of fairy-land can be traced to the 1390s, but becomes common only in the 16th century.
发音(Pronunciation)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛə̯ɹi/
- (General American) enPR: fârʹē
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈfɛə̯ɹi/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹi/
Audio (US) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
- Homophone: ferry (in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
名词(Noun)
fairy (countable and uncountable, plural fairies)
- (uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
- A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
- An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
- (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
- 1933, Nathanael West, 'Miss Lonelyhearts' [Miss Lonelyhearts is male.]
- The cripple returned the smile and stuck out his hand. Miss Lonelyhearts clasped it, and they stood this way, smiling and holding hands, until Mrs. Doyle reëntered the room.
"What a sweet pair of fairies you guys are," she said.
The cripple pulled his hand away and made as though to strike his wife.
- The cripple returned the smile and stuck out his hand. Miss Lonelyhearts clasped it, and they stood this way, smiling and holding hands, until Mrs. Doyle reëntered the room.
- 1933, Nathanael West, 'Miss Lonelyhearts' [Miss Lonelyhearts is male.]
- A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
同义词(Synonyms)
- (supernatural creature): fay, fey, fae, sprite; see also goblin (hostile)
- (male homosexual): fag (US), faggot (US), poof (UK), queen
衍生词(Derived terms)
- airy-fairy
- fairy bluebird
- fairy bread
- fairy chess
- fairy circle
- fairy cycle
- fairy dust
- fairyfloss
- fairy floss
- fairy-flycatcher
- fairy godmother
- fairyism
- fairyland
- fairy lights
- fairy lily
- fairy liquid
- fairy martin
- fairy penguin
- fairy primrose
- fairy ring
- fairy ring champignon
- fairy shrimp
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- fairy-tale, fairytale
- fairy tern
- fairy thorn
- fairy wren
- tooth fairy
- water fairy
翻译(Translations)
形容词(Adjective)
fairy
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (speak)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English words suffixed with -ery
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Northern England English
- American English
- English derogatory terms
- English colloquialisms
- English adjectives
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