elfin是什么意思？

elfin

英[ˈelfɪn] 美[ˈɛlfɪn]

• adj. 小妖精的，像小妖精的；
• n. 小精灵，矮人，淘气鬼，小孩；

例句

• All the little creatures joined in the elfin dance. 所有的小动物都加入了精灵舞会之中.
• The cheap music turned elfin and lovely. 这靡靡之音忽而变得精灵可爱.
• She was an elfin-like girl who looked barely 10 years old. 她是个鬼马小精灵，看起来也就刚满10岁。
• ...a little boy with an elfin face. 面庞小巧清秀的小男孩

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  小巧的;小巧玲珑的
  If you describe someone as elfin, you think that they are attractive because they are small and have delicate features.
  例句
  ...a little boy with an elfin face. 面庞小巧清秀的小男孩

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;
  "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning""the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
  2. small and delicate;
  "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate""obsessed by things elfin and small"
  3. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf;
  "elfin bells""all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
  4. usually good-naturedly mischievous;
  "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight""elvish tricks"