elfin
英 ['elfɪn]
美['ɛlfɪn]
- n. 小精灵；淘气鬼；矮人
- adj. 小妖精的；像小妖精的
- n. (Elfin)人名；(英)埃尔芬
英英释意
- 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"