elven

小精灵, 精灵族

发音

US /ˈɛlv(ə)n/
UK /ˈɛlv(ə)n/

词形变化

elvens 复数 more elven 比较级 most elven 最高级

别名

elvin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.

  2. 1.

    An elm (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra))).

adj.
  1. 1.

    Belonging or relating to, or characteristic of, elves; elfin, elflike.

词源

PIE word *albʰós Learned borrowing from Middle English elve, elven (“(also attributively) elf or fairy of either sex”) [and other forms], from Old English elfen, ælfen, ielfen (“female elf”), from elf, ælf, ielf (“elf”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“elf, fairy”), from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”)) + -en (suffix forming feminine nouns). The English word is cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“fairy, nymph”).

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