naiad 的定义
plural nai·ads, nai·a·des [ney-uh-deez, nahy-]. /ˈneɪ əˌdiz, ˈnaɪ-/.
- Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- the juvenile form of the dragonfly, damselfly, or mayfly.
- a female swimmer, especially an expert one.
- Botany. a plant of the genus Najas, having narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- Entomology. an aquatic nymph.
- a freshwater mussel.
naiad 近义词
等同于 nymph
等同于 water nymph
更多naiad例句
- First, a naiad is a water nymph in Greek myth—a woman who looked over the waterways.
- If you look in the dictionary today, it says “naiad: any skillful female wimmer.”
- As for the Hebe and the Naiad, they had vanished in the northern board, and as yet there were no signs of their return.
- One day, while looking into a quiet stream, he thought he saw a lovely naiad in the water gazing up at him.
- Like some of our own pellucid waters, it is a Naiad of the purest kind, sleeping on coral and crystal couches.
- On seeing her, Saldaa thought of a naiad of the North, rising from an emerald river, in which cakes of ice were floating.
- What was my surprise, and I almost say my joy, when I saw that the white figure was my naiad?