fay

FREQ #12999

n. 小仙子 v. 接合

发音

AU /feɪ/

词形变化

fays 复数 fays 三单 faying 现在分词 fayed 过去式 fayed 过去分词 more fay 比较级 most fay 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fairy.

  2. 1.

    faith

  3. 1.

    A white person.

    白人

    美国 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To fit, to add.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.

    及物 商务 工程

    I have a strip cutter and I can cut the exact widths I need to fit, they are easy to fay together and attach very firmly to the bulkheads.

  3. 3.

    Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.

    不及物 商务 工程
  4. 4.

    To fadge.

    废旧
  5. 1.

    To cleanse; clean out.

    方言
adj.
  1. 1.

    Fitted closely together.

    Under the four outer corners of the horizontal frame platform 22 are four tubular leg sleeves 23 that are fay together one at each outer corner.

  2. 1.

    Fairy-like.

  3. 1.

    White; white-skinned.

    美国 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

fairy sprite faerie faery

下位词 10

dwarf elf puck brownie gnome pixie imp gremlin pixy hob

相关短语

fay gurry fay gurries Morgan le Fay [网络] 摩根勒菲；姐姐莫甘娜；摩根女爵

词源

Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy.

来源：wiktionary