Nereid

n. 海中女仙, 海(王)卫二, 沙蚕

发音

US /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/

词形变化

Nereides Nereids 复数 Nereids Nereides 复数

别名

nereid Nereide Nereïde

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

    宗教 神话 哲学
name
  1. 1.

    One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

    天文

词源

From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.

来源：wiktionary