DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.149.23.124
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

3 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sylph /ˈsɪlf/
 空氣的精靈;苗條的少女;蜂鳥

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sylph n.
 1. An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
 2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
 3. Zool. Any one of several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sylph
      n 1: a slender graceful young woman
      2: an elemental being believed to inhabit the air