nymph: [14] Greek númphē originally meant ‘bride’ (it was related to Latin nūbere ‘take a husband’, source of English connubial and nubile). It subsequently became extended, however, to ‘beautiful young woman’ and ‘female nature spirit, particularly one frequenting water’, and it was in the latter sense that the word first entered English, via Latin nympha and Old French nimphe. The original sense ‘bride’ lies behind nymphomania, coined in the second half of the 18th century. => connubial, nubile
nymph (n.)
late 14c., "class of semi-divine female beings," from Old French nimphe (13c.), from Latin nympha "nymph, demi-goddess; bride, mistress, young woman," from Greek nymphe "bride, young wife," later "beautiful young woman," then "semi-divine being in the form of a beautiful maiden;" related to Latin nubere "to marry, wed" (see nuptial). Sub-groups include dryads, hamadryads, naiads, nereids, and oreads. Sense in English of "young woman, girl" is attested from 1580s. Meaning "insect stage between larva and adult" is recorded from 1570s. Related: Nymphal; nymphean.
nymph 英文释义
1. (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden;
"the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
2. a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
3. a voluptuously beautiful young woman
nymph 双语例句
1. She fled as if she were a startled nymph.
她像一个受惊的仙女逃走了.
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2. The nymph continued her flight with his plea half uttered.
他的恳求还没有说完,少女已经跑远了.
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3. I used rather to like to fancy her a somewhat quiet and serious, yet fair nymph.
我向来比较喜欢把她想象成一个有点文静,一本正经而又美丽的山林女神.
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4. Echo a nymph, used to be the goddess Juno's servant.
回声女仙是司婚姻女神的一个女仆.
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5. The nymph do not contain any conventionally picturesque details.
画中的睡莲没有任何传统的逼真细节.
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nymph 实用场景例句
a dragonfly nymph
蜻蜓幼虫
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Juno suspected, with reason , that the heifer's form concealed some fair nymph of mortal mold.
朱诺怀疑这母牛的形体里隐藏着一个人间美女的身躯, 她的猜测确乎合理.
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Echo a nymph, used to be the goddess Juno's servant.
回声女仙是司婚姻女神的一个女仆.
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The nymph do not contain any conventionally picturesque details.
画中的睡莲没有任何传统的逼真细节.
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The predacious ability of fifth instar nymph and adult is larger.
随着日本高姬蝽虫龄的增长,取食量增大,其中5龄若虫和成虫的捕食作用较大.
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I used rather to like to fancy her a somewhat quiet and serious, yet fair nymph.
我向来比较喜欢把她想象成一个有点文静,一本正经而又美丽的山林女神.
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But the nymph Echo kept near him.
但森林女神爱蔻跟在他附近.
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The nymph as do not contain any conventionally picturesque details.
画中的睡莲没有任何传统的独特细节.
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Objective To construct a cDNA expression library of Periplaneta Americana nymph.
目的 构建美洲大蠊若虫cDNA表达文库.
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A wood nymph who was changed into a fountain by Artemis.
阿瑞托莎被阿耳忒弥斯变成喷泉的山林中的仙女.
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I thought your reflected skirt was a nymph in silk.
我以为你丝裙的暗影是一个水泽仙女.
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Achilles was a great Greek warrior and son of the sea nymph Thetis.
阿基里斯为一名伟大的希腊战士,是海仙女特蒂斯之子.
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The Bath of the Nymph over the bed.
床上端悬挂着一幅《宁芙沐浴图》.
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She fled as if she were a startled nymph.
她像一个受惊的仙女逃走了.
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The nymph continued her flight with his plea half uttered.
他的恳求还没有说完,少女已经跑远了.
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The life cycle of mayflies consists of four stages: egg, nymph, subimago, and imago.
蜉蝣的生命周期由四个阶段组成: 卵, 蛹,亚成虫, 成虫.
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Description of nymph of Amblygamasus atushiensis ( Acri: Gamasina: Parasitidae )
