dryad

英语

Evelyn De Morgan, The Dryad, 1884–1885

词源

源自古法语 driade (“树精”)，源自拉丁语 Dryas, Dryadis，源自古希腊语 Δρυάς (Druás, “森林女仙”)，源自δρῦς (drûs, “橡木”)，源自原始印欧语 *derew(o)- (“树，木”)，对比原始印欧语 *dóru (“树”)。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈdɹaɪəd/, /ˈdɹaɪæd/
• 韵部：-aɪəd, -aɪæd

名词

dryad (复数 dryads)

1. (希腊神话) 树精，森林女仙

   下位词： Daphne、hamadryad

   同类词： Meliai

   • 1914, Hans Christian Andersen, “The Dryad”, 出自 William Alexander Craigie（译者）, Fairy tales and other stories:

     There it had stood for years, close beside a mighty oak, under which sat often the kindly old priest, who told stories to the listening children. The young chestnut tree listened with them: the Dryad inside it, who was still a child, could remember the time when the tree was so small that it only reached a little higher than the ferns and long blades of grass.

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2. 仙女木

延伸阅读

• dryad在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en

异序词

• dardy