merman

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n. 男性人鱼, 善泳的男子

词形变化

mermen 复数 mermen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.

词源

From Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).

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