mermaid

Word family nounmerchildmerfolkmermaid

Related topics: Folklore

mer·maid /ˈmɜːmeɪd $ ˈmɜːr-/ noun [countableC]

RFin stories, a woman who has a fish’s tail instead of legs and who lives in the sea 〔传说中的〕美人鱼

Examples from the Corpus

mermaid• There was a mermaid there, too.• A mermaid with dark, tangled hair.• The lobby is graced with a fountain bearing a crystal mermaid.• At Starbucks' corporate headquarters, the signature mermaid placard toppled into the parking lot below.• It's a spell, you see, the mermaid has the power to cast spells.• Should you glimpse topless mermaids ... just look the other way.• Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.

Origin mermaid

(1300-1400) → MERE2 + maid

词汇	mermaid
释义	mermaid Word family nounmerchildmerfolkmermaid Related topics: Folklore mer·maid /ˈmɜːmeɪd $ ˈmɜːr-/ noun [countableC] RFin stories, a woman who has a fish’s tail instead of legs and who lives in the sea 〔传说中的〕美人鱼 Examples from the Corpus mermaid• There was a mermaid there, too.• A mermaid with dark, tangled hair.• The lobby is graced with a fountain bearing a crystal mermaid.• At Starbucks' corporate headquarters, the signature mermaid placard toppled into the parking lot below.• It's a spell, you see, the mermaid has the power to cast spells.• Should you glimpse topless mermaids ... just look the other way.• Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh. Origin mermaid (1300-1400) → MERE2 + maid
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