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nymph 音標拼音: [n'ɪmf] n. 女神,蛹,美麗的少女 女神,蛹,美麗的少女 nymph n 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 [ synonym: { nymph}, { houri}] nymph \ nymph\ ( n[ i^] mf), n. [ L. nympha nymph, bride, young woman, Gr. ny` mfh: cf. F. nymphe. Cf. { Nuptial}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Class. Myth.) A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadows, or waters. [ 1913 Webster] Where were ye, nymphs, when the remorseless deep Closed o' er the head of your loved Lycidas? -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. [ 1913 Webster] Nymph, in thy orisons Be all my sins remembered. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) Any one of a subfamily ( Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also { naiad}. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " nymph": Anlage, Atlantides, Hyades, Napaea, Pleiades, arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, beetle, blastula, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, chippy, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, dryad, embryo, fetus, floozy, flower nymph, fly, germ, germen, glen nymph, grisette, grub, hamadryad, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, limoniad, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, mountain nymph, nympha, nymphet, nymphlin, oread, pupa, rudiment, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick, tree nymph, vila, wiggler, willi, wood nymph, wriggler, zygote
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