sprite
/spraɪt/noun
1
- an elf or fairy鬼怪; 小妖精。
2
- a computer graphic which may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity电脑子画面, 电脑子图形; 单色画面。
3
- a faint flash, typically red, sometimes emitted in the upper atmosphere over a thunderstorm owing to the collision of high-energy electrons with air molecules（由于高能电子与空气分子相撞而在雷暴上方大气层中形成的多为红色的）黯淡闪电。
词源
Middle English: alteration of sprit, a contraction of SPIRIT.