fairy
英 ['fe?r?]
美['f?ri]
- n. 仙女，小精靈；漂亮姑娘
- adj. 仙女的
常用詞匯中低頻詞考研TEM4CET4
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?fairies;
助記提示
1. fairy => faery, faerie.
中文詞源
fairy 仙女，仙子，兔子（男同性戀者）
來自PIE*bha, 說，預(yù)測，詞源同fable, fate. -ry, 地名后綴。原指有預(yù)測能力的仙子或精靈所在之地，后泛指仙子。用于俚語男同性戀。
英英釋意
- 1. small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
- 2. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
英文詞源
- fairy
- fairy: [14] Fairy is an Old French coinage. It comes from Old French faerie, which meant ‘enchantment, magic’ and was derived from fae ‘fairy’ (source of English fay [14]). This in turn came from the Latin plural fāta, used in personifying the Fates, three goddesses who in ancient mythology governed human destiny. The original notion of the French noun survives in the mock-medieval term faerie (introduced by Edmund Spenser in his Faerie Queene 1590), but in fairy itself it has been gradually replaced by the meaning of the word from which it was originally derived – fay.
=> fable, fame, fate - fairy (n.)
- c. 1300, fairie, "the country or home of supernatural or legendary creatures; fairyland," also "something incredible or fictitious," from Old French faerie "land of fairies, meeting of fairies; enchantment, magic, witchcraft, sorcery" (12c.), from fae "fay," from Latin fata "the Fates," plural of fatum "that which is ordained; destiny, fate," from PIE *bha- "to speak" (see fame (n.)). Also compare fate (n.), also fay.
In ordinary use an elf differs from a fairy only in generally seeming young, and being more often mischievous. [Century Dictionary]
But that was before Tolkien. As a type of supernatural being from late 14c. [contra Tolkien; for example "This maketh that ther been no fairyes" in "Wife of Bath's Tale"], perhaps via intermediate forms such as fairie knight "supernatural or legendary knight" (c. 1300), as in Spenser, where faeries are heroic and human-sized. As a name for the diminutive winged beings in children's stories from early 17c.Yet I suspect that this flower-and-butterfly minuteness was also a product of "rationalization," which transformed the glamour of Elfland into mere finesse, and invisibility into a fragility that could hide in a cowslip or shrink behind a blade of grass. It seems to become fashionable soon after the great voyages had begun to make the world seem too narrow to hold both men and elves; when the magic land of Hy Breasail in the West had become the mere Brazils, the land of red-dye-wood. [J.R.R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories," 1947]
Hence, figurative adjective use in reference to lightness, fineness, delicacy. Slang meaning "effeminate male homosexual" is recorded by 1895. Fairy ring, of certain fungi in grass fields (as we would explain it now), is from 1590s. Fairy godmother attested from 1820. Fossil Cretaceous sea urchins found on the English downlands were called fairy loaves, and a book from 1787 reports that "country people" in England called the stones of the old Roman roads fairy pavements.
考試真題
- Female Australian superb fairy wrens were found to repeat one sound over and over again while hatching their eggs.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words.
2019年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- It turns out that baby red-backed fairy wrens also emerge chirping like their moms.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- To find out if the special quality was more widespread in birds, the researchers sought the red-backed fairy wren, another species of Australian songbird.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
詞組搭配
away with the fairies
giving the impression of being mad, distracted, or in a dreamworld
瘋狂的；心不在焉的；沉迷于夢幻中的
實用場景例句
- a good/wicked fairy
- 善良的仙子；邪惡的精靈
牛津詞典
- What happened when Pinocchio told a lie to the Blue Fairy?
- 皮諾曹對藍衣仙女說謊的時候發(fā)生了什么事?
期刊摘選
- In his dream, he became a fairy.
- 在夢中, 他變成了一個小精靈.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The imaginative child made up fairy stories.
- 這個想像力豐富的孩子自己編神話故事.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- In the fairy stories, the youngest son usually ventures forth and tries to find his fortune.
- 在神話故事中, 最小的兒子通常總是勇敢地出發(fā)尋求幸福.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Anderson's fairy tales are known for their profound morals.
- 11安徒生的童話以寓意深刻著稱.
期刊摘選
- Why are witches always as bad in fairy tales?
- 為什么在童話里巫婆總是邪惡的代表 呢 ?
期刊摘選
- There are many stories about the nymphs in Roman fairy tales.
- 羅馬神話中有許多關(guān)于仙女的故事.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The teacher used to beguile her pupils with fairy tales.
- 這位教師常常給她的學(xué)生講童話故事,借以吸引他們的興趣.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- What he said sounded like a fairy tale.
- 他說的聽上去簡直像一篇神話.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Please retell the fairy story in English.
- 請用英語復(fù)述這篇童話故事.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The wicked fairy bewitched the princess and made her fall into a long sleep.
- 那個邪惡的小精靈對公主施了魔法,使她長睡不醒.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.
- 神仙教母的魔法使灰姑娘的破爛衣衫變成了一件漂亮的長外衣.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The fairy king and queen were contending over possession of the cat.
- 仙王和仙后爭著要這只貓.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Fairy tales can intrigue most children.
- 神話故事能引起大多數(shù)孩子的興趣.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Fairy tales are imaginative.
- 神話故事都是幻想出來的。
《簡明英漢詞典》
- We beguiled the children with fairy tales.
- 我們講童話來哄小孩.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?
- 有人能講童話故事 嗎 ?
《簡明英漢詞典》
- One of the favourite games in fairy tales is metamorphosis.
- 神話故事的慣用手法之一是憑借魔力改變形態(tài).
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The writer takes wellknown fairy tales and gives them an ironical twist.
- 作者通過諷刺手法對家喻戶曉的童話故事進行了新的詮釋.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He likes to listen to fairy stories.
- 他喜歡聽神話故事.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The fairy changed the ugly old woman into a frog.
- 仙女把那個丑陋的老女人變成了一只青蛙.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Now tell me the truth: I don't want any more of your fairy stories.
- 現(xiàn)在跟我說實話：我不想再聽你胡編亂謅了。
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
- The fairy waved her wand and the table disappeared.
- 那仙女魔杖一揮，桌子不翼而飛。
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
- She was like a princess in a fairy tale.
- 她就像童話里的公主。
柯林斯例句
- Fairy tales weren't just meant for children.
- 童話故事不僅僅是寫給孩子們的。
柯林斯例句
- The woman I regarded as my fairy godmother was Sybil. She was wonderful to me.
- 被我視為貴人的女子叫西比爾。她待我好極了。
柯林斯例句