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Definition of nymph in English: nymphnoun nɪmfnɪmf 1A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations. 神话中居于山林水泽的美丽仙女 the idyllic world of nymphs and shepherds Example sentencesExamples - The classically educated amongst us will recognise it as an anagram of ‘Naiads’ the freshwater nymphs from Greek mythology, who dwelt in brooks and springs.
- ‘She is a forest nymph of the Black Wood,’ said Lily.
- In the sixth canto she finds herself lost and abandoned amongst a ‘salvage nation’ who resemble the satyrs and nymphs of classical mythology.
- Thetis tells the other nymphs to go home because she plans to visit Hephaestus.
- Pitt's character, the warrior Achilles, is no longer virtually invincible because he was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, the nymph Thetis.
- Zeus freed Odysseus from the nymph Calypso, who held him prisoner on her island, by sending Mercury with an order to Calypso herself.
- As the son of Chronos and the ocean nymph Philyra he was immortal, but he received a terrible, poisonous wound from an arrow which was shot (in error) by Hercules.
- The nymphs sat on the edges of ponds in the Jade Forest with the lounging god of the sun and god of the hunt.
- Iris calls out river nymphs to bless the marriage and a myriad of shapes and forms enter the stage.
- Above float an airborne cast of Gods and Goddesses, heavenly nymphs and tree spirits, and snake-hooded nagas and naginis.
- Otus and Ephialtes were twin giants who were sons of Poseidon and a nymph.
- Enter Paris, a shepherd in a rather creative marriage with the mountain nymph Oenone.
- Behind these were many ranks of pixies, gnomes and nymphs, and in the rear a thousand beautiful fairies floated along in gorgeous array.
- The dryads, the flower faeries and the nymphs dwelled in various trees and plants around the forest.
- The Lady is eventually rescued by Sabrina, the nymph of the river Severn and an embodiment of chastity.
- All sort of mystical creatures called it their home: elves, dwarves, nymphs, and pixies, among others.
- The Argo slipped through Scylla and Charybdis, guarded by nymphs.
- He fell down into the legendary river Eridanus where he was found by the river nymphs who mourned him and buried him.
- Emblematic of abundance, the cornucopia - or horn of plenty - represents the horn of Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology.
- Nijinsky's was about a mythological creature who encounters nymphs in a wood on a summer afternoon.
Synonyms sprite, sylph, wood nymph, water nymph - 1.1literary A beautiful young woman.
〈主诗/文〉美丽少女 Synonyms girl, belle, maiden, maid, nymphet, sylph young woman, young lady Scottish & Northern English lass, lassie Irish colleen British dated rosebud literary maid, maiden, damsel archaic demoiselle
2An immature form of an insect that does not change greatly as it grows, e.g. a dragonfly, mayfly, or locust. （蜻蜓，飞蝼蛄或蝗虫的）动蛹若虫，稚虫。比较LARVA Compare with larva Example sentencesExamples - The afternoon of pond-dipping will be divided between two of Oakwell's ponds and visitors can expect to see anything from sticklebacks and frogs to diving beetles and dragonfly nymphs.
- We think of dragonflies as aerial creatures, but they spend most of their lives - one to three years - underwater as nymphs, eating small insects and larvae.
- A mayfly nymph was the most successful fly on the day and other successful flies were the Gosling and Bumble Olive.
- The hawkers, or dragon nymphs are longer and thinner and they patrol up and down looking out for prey on which to swoop.
- Once the eggs hatch, nymphs grow for about nine to 12 days, mate, and then females lay eggs.
- The children's trays began to fill with mayfly nymphs, aquatic sow bugs, and the larvae of blackflies, caddis flies, and blood red midges.
- The bulk of the diet of trout is made up of small invertebrates, particularly mayfly nymphs and caddis fly larvae.
- Immature ticks, or nymphs, are about the size of a poppy seed; adult ticks are the size of a sesame seed.
- The scientists found that the non-native fish are aiding bullfrog invasion by eating native dragonfly nymphs that would normally prey on bullfrog larvae.
- The nits hatch into a nymph, or immature louse, in seven to 10 days.
- Although the adult doesn't look much like a scale, the nymph and pupa do.
- As a grasshopper nymph grows, the pads become longer and venation becomes evident.
- Pranger and her family enjoyed sneaking out at night with a flashlight to peek at the dragonfly nymphs and tiny, two-inch-long tree frogs that had taken up residence in the ponds.
- In this particular water, we know that we have small water beetle, you probably have some of the nymphs of the damsel fly, towards the mid stages of production at the moment.
- Numerous grasshopper nymphs were noticed in the border of several fields.
- Why do many helminth species, apparently grebe specialists, use dragonfly nymphs as intermediate hosts?
- Dragonfly nymphs are shorter and bulkier, and the gills are located inside the abdomen.
- The growth stage of grasshopper nymphs can be determined by looking at the size of the individual and the length of the wing pads.
- It was in April, I think: the dragonfly nymphs were molting by the river.
- Mallards and black ducks also dive for pond snails and probably a range of aquatic insects like dragonfly nymphs.
- 2.1 An artificial fishing fly made to resemble the aquatic nymph of an insect.
人造假蝇鱼饵 Example sentencesExamples - When fishing in Swedish Lapland I have used some awesome looking stone fly nymphs which the grayling eat with relish.
- I selected a small gold bead mayfly nymph tied on a size 12 hook, as it was white and clearly visible in the murky water.
- A selection of nymphs and dry flies such as beaded pheasant tail, damsel and dragon fly nymphs all will all work.
- To be a successful all-round grayling angler you need a selection of dry flies, nymphs and wet flies.
- My mind was made up, come June 16th I would be targeting river Teme barbel with some weighted Richard Walker mayfly nymphs.
3A mainly brown butterfly that frequents woods and forest glades. 眼蝶 Several genera in the subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. See also wood nymph Example sentencesExamples - The Ceylon tree nymph is a beautiful silvery white butterfly (2) and is the largest member of the Danaidae family in Sri Lanka.
- When you visit the Butterfly Wing, one of the most remarkable butterflies you will see is the giant wood nymph, Idea leuconoe.
- The Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica) is a large butterfly found in peninsular India that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Greek numphē 'nymph, bride'; related to Latin nubere 'be the wife of'. Definition of nymph in US English: nymphnounnimfnɪmf 1A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations. 神话中居于山林水泽的美丽仙女 the idyllic world of nymphs and shepherds Example sentencesExamples - Zeus freed Odysseus from the nymph Calypso, who held him prisoner on her island, by sending Mercury with an order to Calypso herself.
- All sort of mystical creatures called it their home: elves, dwarves, nymphs, and pixies, among others.
- ‘She is a forest nymph of the Black Wood,’ said Lily.
- Emblematic of abundance, the cornucopia - or horn of plenty - represents the horn of Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology.
- In the sixth canto she finds herself lost and abandoned amongst a ‘salvage nation’ who resemble the satyrs and nymphs of classical mythology.
- The Lady is eventually rescued by Sabrina, the nymph of the river Severn and an embodiment of chastity.
- The Argo slipped through Scylla and Charybdis, guarded by nymphs.
- As the son of Chronos and the ocean nymph Philyra he was immortal, but he received a terrible, poisonous wound from an arrow which was shot (in error) by Hercules.
- Otus and Ephialtes were twin giants who were sons of Poseidon and a nymph.
- Enter Paris, a shepherd in a rather creative marriage with the mountain nymph Oenone.
- Nijinsky's was about a mythological creature who encounters nymphs in a wood on a summer afternoon.
- Pitt's character, the warrior Achilles, is no longer virtually invincible because he was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, the nymph Thetis.
- Above float an airborne cast of Gods and Goddesses, heavenly nymphs and tree spirits, and snake-hooded nagas and naginis.
- The classically educated amongst us will recognise it as an anagram of ‘Naiads’ the freshwater nymphs from Greek mythology, who dwelt in brooks and springs.
- The nymphs sat on the edges of ponds in the Jade Forest with the lounging god of the sun and god of the hunt.
- Behind these were many ranks of pixies, gnomes and nymphs, and in the rear a thousand beautiful fairies floated along in gorgeous array.
- Thetis tells the other nymphs to go home because she plans to visit Hephaestus.
- The dryads, the flower faeries and the nymphs dwelled in various trees and plants around the forest.
- He fell down into the legendary river Eridanus where he was found by the river nymphs who mourned him and buried him.
- Iris calls out river nymphs to bless the marriage and a myriad of shapes and forms enter the stage.
Synonyms sprite, sylph, wood nymph, water nymph - 1.1literary A beautiful young woman.
〈主诗/文〉美丽少女 Synonyms girl, belle, maiden, maid, nymphet, sylph
2An immature form of an insect that does not change greatly as it grows, e.g. a dragonfly, mayfly, or locust. （蜻蜓，飞蝼蛄或蝗虫的）动蛹若虫，稚虫。比较LARVA Compare with larva Example sentencesExamples - Pranger and her family enjoyed sneaking out at night with a flashlight to peek at the dragonfly nymphs and tiny, two-inch-long tree frogs that had taken up residence in the ponds.
- The children's trays began to fill with mayfly nymphs, aquatic sow bugs, and the larvae of blackflies, caddis flies, and blood red midges.
- The afternoon of pond-dipping will be divided between two of Oakwell's ponds and visitors can expect to see anything from sticklebacks and frogs to diving beetles and dragonfly nymphs.
- The hawkers, or dragon nymphs are longer and thinner and they patrol up and down looking out for prey on which to swoop.
- In this particular water, we know that we have small water beetle, you probably have some of the nymphs of the damsel fly, towards the mid stages of production at the moment.
- We think of dragonflies as aerial creatures, but they spend most of their lives - one to three years - underwater as nymphs, eating small insects and larvae.
- The bulk of the diet of trout is made up of small invertebrates, particularly mayfly nymphs and caddis fly larvae.
- The nits hatch into a nymph, or immature louse, in seven to 10 days.
- Dragonfly nymphs are shorter and bulkier, and the gills are located inside the abdomen.
- Why do many helminth species, apparently grebe specialists, use dragonfly nymphs as intermediate hosts?
- Mallards and black ducks also dive for pond snails and probably a range of aquatic insects like dragonfly nymphs.
- As a grasshopper nymph grows, the pads become longer and venation becomes evident.
- The growth stage of grasshopper nymphs can be determined by looking at the size of the individual and the length of the wing pads.
- Numerous grasshopper nymphs were noticed in the border of several fields.
- The scientists found that the non-native fish are aiding bullfrog invasion by eating native dragonfly nymphs that would normally prey on bullfrog larvae.
- It was in April, I think: the dragonfly nymphs were molting by the river.
- Once the eggs hatch, nymphs grow for about nine to 12 days, mate, and then females lay eggs.
- Although the adult doesn't look much like a scale, the nymph and pupa do.
- A mayfly nymph was the most successful fly on the day and other successful flies were the Gosling and Bumble Olive.
- Immature ticks, or nymphs, are about the size of a poppy seed; adult ticks are the size of a sesame seed.
- 2.1 An artificial fly made to resemble the aquatic nymph of an insect, used in fishing.
人造假蝇鱼饵 Example sentencesExamples - A selection of nymphs and dry flies such as beaded pheasant tail, damsel and dragon fly nymphs all will all work.
- To be a successful all-round grayling angler you need a selection of dry flies, nymphs and wet flies.
- My mind was made up, come June 16th I would be targeting river Teme barbel with some weighted Richard Walker mayfly nymphs.
- When fishing in Swedish Lapland I have used some awesome looking stone fly nymphs which the grayling eat with relish.
- I selected a small gold bead mayfly nymph tied on a size 12 hook, as it was white and clearly visible in the murky water.
3A mainly brown butterfly that frequents woods and forest glades. 眼蝶 Several genera in the subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. See also wood nymph Example sentencesExamples - When you visit the Butterfly Wing, one of the most remarkable butterflies you will see is the giant wood nymph, Idea leuconoe.
- The Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica) is a large butterfly found in peninsular India that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae.
- The Ceylon tree nymph is a beautiful silvery white butterfly (2) and is the largest member of the Danaidae family in Sri Lanka.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French nimphe, from Latin nympha, from Greek numphē ‘nymph, bride’; related to Latin nubere ‘be the wife of’. |