nixie

['niksi]

n. 女水妖

英文词源

nixie (n.)

"water fairy," 1816 (introduced by Sir Walter Scott), from German Nixie, from Old High German nihhussa "water sprite," fem. of nihhus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz (cognates: Old Norse nykr, Old English nicor "water spirit, water monster," also used to gloss hippopotamus; Grendel's mother in "Beowulf" was a nicor), perhaps from PIE *neigw- "to wash" (cognates: Sanskrit nenkti "washes," Greek nizo "I wash," Old Irish nigid "washes").

双语例句

1. The little stuff animal was given to me by Nixie and her girlfriend.

小东西是小恩跟他女朋友送给我的.

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