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单词 undine
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Definition of undine in English:

undine

noun ˈʌndiːnˈəndin
  • A female spirit or nymph imagined as inhabiting water.

    水精

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rilleta thought she saw the undine leaping among the water drops, her face alive as a fox's with mischief.
    • Ternora thought briefly that she looked like an undine, but no undine would have looked so disapproving.
    • You might see gnomes; they're certainly there, along with undines.
    • You can be anything that you wish, such as an undine or elf.
    • The elements were inhabited by spirits - the air by sylphs, the water by nymphs or undines, the earth by gnomes, the fire by salamanders.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin undina (a word invented by Paracelsus), from Latin unda 'a wave'.

Definition of undine in US English:

undine

nounˈəndinˈəndēn
  • A female spirit or nymph inhabiting water.

    水精

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You might see gnomes; they're certainly there, along with undines.
    • You can be anything that you wish, such as an undine or elf.
    • The elements were inhabited by spirits - the air by sylphs, the water by nymphs or undines, the earth by gnomes, the fire by salamanders.
    • Rilleta thought she saw the undine leaping among the water drops, her face alive as a fox's with mischief.
    • Ternora thought briefly that she looked like an undine, but no undine would have looked so disapproving.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin undina (a word invented by Paracelsus), from Latin unda ‘a wave’.

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