Nymph



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 年轻女神; 少女
• ［英］ n. 年轻女神;少女 ( a young woman; maiden)
• ［记］ 来自罗马神话, 指居于山林水泽的仙女

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English nimphe, from Middle French, from Latin nympha bride, nymph, from Greek nymphē — more at nuptial
• Date: 14th century
• 1. any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests, trees, and waters
• 2. girl
• 3. any of various immature insects; especially a larva of an insect (as a grasshopper, true bug, or mayfly) with incomplete metamorphosis that differs from the imago especially in size and in its incompletely developed wings and genitalia
• ? nymphal adjective

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