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elves 音标拼音: ['ɛlvz] elf的复数 elf的复数 elves n 1: an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short ( less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring ( up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphereElves \ Elves\, n.; pl. of { Elf}. [ 1913 Webster] Elvish \ Elv" ish\, a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See { Elfish}. [ 1913 Webster] He seemeth elvish by his countenance. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Elf \ Elf\ ([ e^] lf), n.; pl. { Elves} ([ e^] lvz). [ AS. [ ae] lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [= a] lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [. r] bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. { Auf}, { Oaf}.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. [ 1913 Webster] Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. [ 1913 Webster] { Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also { elf bolt}, { elf dart}, and { elf shot}. { Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See { Changeling}. { Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. -- Brewer. { Elf owl} ( Zo[" o] l.), a small owl ({ Micrathene Whitneyi}) of Southern California and Arizona. [ 1913 Webster]
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