elfin

elfin
adjective
  1. (of a person or their face) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm
    (人或脸)小精灵似的(尤指具有迷人的淘气或奇特魅力)
    her black hair suited her elfin face.
    她的黑头发与她小精灵似的脸很相配。
noun
  1. (archaic)an elf
    (古)小精灵
  2. a small North American butterfly that is typically brownish with markings on the wing margins that give the impression of scalloped edges
    北美小灰蝶
  3. Genus Incisalia, family Lycaenidae
    切纹翅蝶属,灰蝶科
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from elf, probably suggested by Middle English elvene 'of elves', and by Elphin, the name of a character in Arthurian romance
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