2012_04_04 Sylph n. 苗條，婀娜多姿 A slender, graceful woman

Word of the Day for Wednesday, April  4, 2012
sylph \silf\, noun:
1. A slender, graceful woman or girl.
2. (In folklore) one of a race of supernatural beings supposed to inhabit the air.
The sylph had been as slender as a willow, with long silver hair and eyes like the dark between the stars.
 -- Jenna Reynolds, Kiss of Honor
Ben was frantic. He lifted the stricken sylph in his arms and held her close against him
 -- Terry Brooks, Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold!
The girl's slender and sylph-like figure, tinged with radiance from the sunset clouds, and overhung with the rich drapery of the silken curtains, and set within the deep frame of the window, was a perfect picture.
 -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Snow-Image, and Other Tales
Sylph was coined by Paracelsus. It is a blend of sylva, which meant "forest" in Latin, and the Greek word nymph.
空氣精靈\上海國際圖書館論壇\，名詞：

1。一個苗條，婀娜多姿的女人或女孩。
2。 （民俗）應該居住在空氣中的超自然力量的種族之一。

空氣精靈已被柳樹細長，長銀色的頭髮和眼睛像星星之間的暗。
- 珍娜雷諾茲，榮譽之吻

本是瘋狂的。他舉起災區空氣精靈在他的懷裡，她對他的密切舉行
- 布魯克斯特里，魔術王國出售 - 出售！

修長和空氣精靈般的女孩的身影，與晚霞的光輝色彩，懸臂具有豐富的絲質窗簾帷幔，深框架內的窗口設置，是一個完美的畫面。
- 霍桑，冰雪圖片，和其他故事

空氣精靈創造帕拉塞爾蘇斯。這是一個Sylva的，這意味著“森林”，在拉丁美洲和希臘字若蟲混合。

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