pixie

英 [ˈpɪksi]

美 [ˈpɪksi]

n.  (传说中的)小精灵，小仙子，小妖怪

BNC.26837 / COCA.23634

牛津词典

noun

• （传说中的）小精灵，小仙子，小妖怪
  (in stories) a creature like a small person with pointed ears, who has magic powers

柯林斯词典

• （想象中耳尖、头戴尖顶帽的）小精灵，小仙子
  Apixieis an imaginary little creature like a fairy. Pixies have pointed ears and wear pointed hats.

英英释义

noun

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  Synonym:elfhobgremlinpixybrownieimp
• creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers
  Synonym:pyxiepixyPyxidanthera barbulata

双语例句

• Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, says she looks forward to "finally being free, being my own person"& a transformation signalled by the actress's dramatic new pixie cut.
  赫敏•格兰杰的扮演者爱玛•沃特森说，她期待着能“最终获得自由，做回自己”。这位女演员最近剪了个夸张的“精灵头”，预示着这一内心的转变。
• If your hair is short, the fall look follows Charmed American TV star Alyssa Milano's pixie ( 4) cut.
  如果你是短发，今年秋天就可以尝试美国电视明星阿莉萨·米拉诺在《魅力》中的小仙女式发型。
• Pixie cuts have been a mini-rage in the do world over the past few years.
  在过去几年短发大行其道。
• She's one of my favorite traveling companions, an unflappable and entertaining and surprisingly organized little pixie in tight red crushed-velvet pants.
  她是我最喜爱的旅伴，一个冷静、有趣、井井有条、身穿红色紧身天鹅绒长裤的小精灵。
• Yet even Mr Buckley, a hard-headed Yorkshireman running a global manufacturer, says the greatest innovations benefit from a sprinkling of hard-to-define pixie dust.
  但即便是伯克利这样经营着一家全球制造企业的精明约克郡人，也表示，最伟大的那些创新，是沾了一种难以定义的仙尘的光。
• The Blair claim to this job cannot be lightly dismissed, but nor is it self-evident he is the man to invest the EU with glittering new credibility with a sprinkle of pixie dust.
  不能轻率否定布莱尔出任该职位的资格，但他显然不是用几粒仙尘就能给欧盟带来新的可信度的人。
• And then the pixie dust dried up.
  随后，精灵之尘终于枯竭。
• Next she went for society mum, chopping her hair into a pixie and wearing luxe furs and plunging dresses.
  接下来她就身为人母，将她的头发剪短变成一个小精灵，穿着奢华皮草和深V裙子。
• Week of pixie: double growth for Pixies and sprites.
  小精灵周：小精灵产量加倍。
• He is looking forward to returning home for two weeks in December, to see his wife Pixie and their children, but says he is "very comfortable" with his decision to travel so far to achieve his ambitions.
  他正在期待12月份能回家两周，看看妻子皮克丝（pixie）和孩子们，但他表示，他对自己走这么远来实现抱负的决定感到“很坦然”。