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elfin 音标拼音: ['ɛlfɪn] a. 小妖精的,象小妖精的
n. 小精灵,矮人,淘气鬼 小妖精的,象小妖精的小精灵,矮人,淘气鬼 elfin adj 1: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; " thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; " the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [ synonym: { elfin}, { fey}] 2: small and delicate; " she was an elfin creature-- graceful and delicate"; " obsessed by things elfin and small" [ synonym: { elfin}, { elflike}] 3: relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; " elfin bells"; " all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance" 4: usually good- naturedly mischievous; " perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; " elvish tricks" [ synonym: { elfin}, { elfish}, { elvish}] Thecla \ Thec" la\, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to { Thecla} and allied genera; -- called also { hairstreak}, and { elfin}. [ 1913 Webster]
Elfin \ Elf" in\ (-[ i^] n), a. Relating to elves. [ 1913 Webster]
Elfin \ Elf" in\, n. A little elf or urchin. -- Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " elfin": Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, arch, dainty, diminutive, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elfish, elflike, elvish, faery, fairy, fairyish, fairylike, fay, frolicsome, gnomelike, gnomish, impish, incipient, little, meager, midget, mischievous, nanoid, pixieish, playful, puckish, pygmy, rudimental, rudimentary, runty, scraggy, scrubby, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, small, sprightly, squat, stunted, sylphidine, sylphine, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy, tiny, tricky, undersize, undersized, wee, wizened
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