nymph
英[nɪmf]
美[nɪmf]
- n. 女神；居于山林水泽的仙女；美丽的少女；蛹
英英释意
- 1. (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden;
- "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
- 2. a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- 3. a voluptuously beautiful young woman