nymph
英 [nɪmf] 美 [nɪmf]

n.

仙女；幼虫；

变形

复数：nymphs

英英释义

nymph[ nimf ]

• n.
  • (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

    "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"

  • a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
  • a voluptuously beautiful young woman

    同义词：houri

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. There are many stories about the nymphs in Roman fairy tales.
   罗马神话中有许多关于女神的故事。

权威例句

The nymph of Lednia tumana (Ricker) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)
NYMPH CONTROL OF Mahanarva andigena WITH Metarhizium anisopliae IN GREENHOUSE AND FIELD CONDITIONS IN PASTAZA, ECUADOR
Reduction of nymphal Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) in a residential suburban landscape by area application of insecticides
Transmission through the last abdominal ganglion of the dragonfly nymph, Anax imperator
Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Plant Specialization: A Case Study of the Tribe Nymphalini
Diel activity of nymphal Dermacentor occidentalis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in relation to meteorological factors and h...
SEASONAL DECLINES IN OFFSPRING FITNESS AND SELECTION FOR EARLY REPRODUCTION IN NYMPH-OVERWINTERING GRASSHOPPERS
Adaptive Polymorphism Associated with Multiple Müllerian Mimicry in Heliconius numata (Lepid. Nymph.)
Nymph inadvertently described as new species for a fourth time? On the identity of Euscelimena hardi (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with...
Dispersal, Colonization Power and Metapopulation Structure in the Vulnerable Butterfly Proclossiana eunomia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)