sylph
/sɪlf/noun
1
- an imaginary spirit of the air气精, 气仙, 空气精灵。
1.1
- a slender woman or girl身材苗条的女子。
2
- a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail长叉尾蜂鸟。
2.1
- Genus Aglaiocercus (and Neolesbia), family Trochilidae: three species.长尾蜂鸟属和黑领鹎属, 蜂鸟科：3种。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin sylphes, sylphi and the German plural Sylphen, perhaps based on Latin sylvestris 'of the woods' + nympha 'nymph'.