词汇 | elfin |
释义 | elfin adjective uk /ˈel.fɪn/ us /ˈel.fɪn/ used to describe a person who is small and delicate: 小巧玲珑的 Her features were small, almost elfin.她的五官很小,可以说是小巧玲珑。 Small baby bijou bite-sized claustrophobically compactly dwarf midget miniaturized missy modest modestly no/not enough room to swing a catidiom on the large, small, etc. sideidiom S, s sampler scaled-down scrubby shoe box shrunken wee You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people) Examples of elfinelfin Such elfin mischiefmakers should surely have lurked and scurried about the stage. He was tall on rhetoric, but rather more elfin on prescription. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He wears elfin chain mail and prefers garments of gray or blue-gray, wearing ornaments of silver or platinum. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is described as very small and lightly built, elfin-faced, with sun-tanned skin and wild, tangled black hair (dark green in the anime). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This tiny endemic bird inhabits open brushy areas, paramo, and edges of elfin forest at altitudes from 1850 m to the highest peaks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is an epiphyte growing on small trees and shrubs in elfin forest habitat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The vegetation in this area consists of hill dipterocarp forests, lower and upper montane forest, elfin woodland (mossy forest) and summit grasslands. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The montane forests and elfin wood lands grow on the cool, moist, mountainous regions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The heroes from the downriver trip are taken in an elfin airship to the moon. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its natural habitats of tropical montane forest and elfin woodland at elevations between 800 and 940 m are often shrouded in cool, misty cloud cover. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He's just a little, almost elfin creature who's not really out to hurt anybody or has any ill will or malice toward anybody. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other colloquial names include the vinegar cup and the brown ribbed elfin cup. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He made reference to her elfin humor, a tropical vampishness that is irresistible charm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mushrooms, commonly known as elfin saddles, are identified by their irregularly shaped caps, fluted stems, and fuzzy undersurfaces. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It lives in the undergrowth of montane and elfin forests. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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