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mermaid 音标拼音: [m'ɚm ,ed] n. 美人鱼,善泳的女子 美人鱼,善泳的女子 mermaid n 1: half woman and half fish; lives in the seaMermaid \ Mer" maid\, n. [ AS. mere lake, sea. See { Mere} lake, and { maid}.] A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Chaucer uses this word as equivalent to the siren of the ancients. [ 1913 Webster] { Mermaid fish} ( Zool.) the angel fish ({ Squatina}). { Mermaid' s glove} ( Zool.), a British branched sponge somewhat resembling a glove. { Mermaid' s head} ( Zool.), a European spatangoid sea urchin ({ Echinocardium cordatum}) having some resemblance to a skull. { Mermaid weed} ( Bot.), an aquatic herb with dentate or pectinate leaves ({ Proserpinaca palustris} and { Proserpinaca pectinacea}). [ 1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " mermaid": Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, bather, bathing beauty, bathing girl, diver, fresh- water nymph, frogman, kelpie, limniad, man fish, merman, naiad, natator, nix, nixie, ocean nymph, sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea- maid, sea- maiden, seaman, siren, swimmer, undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite |
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