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nymph
  • Derivatives : adj  nymphal ; adj  nymphean
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

nymph [nɪmf] [nɪmf]
  1. 1. noun [Legend] 希腊神话罗马神话仙女居住海洋河川山林溪涧水泉一带神女
  2. 2. noun 美女
  3. 3. noun 少女处女新娘
  4. 4. noun [Insects] 若虫蛹
  5. 5. noun [Insects] 活动蛹

Collins English-English Dictionary

nymph [nɪmf]
  1. 1. n [myth] a spirit of nature envisaged as a beautiful maiden
  2. 2. n [chiefly poetic] a beautiful young woman
  3. 3. n the immature form of some insects, such as the dragonfly and mayfly, and certain arthropods. Nymphs resemble the adult, apart from having underdeveloped reproductive organs and (in the case of insects) wings, and develop into the adult without a pupal stage
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C14: via Old French from Latin, from Greek numphe nymph; related to Latin nubere to marry

Examples

a wood nymph

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