fey

fey
[feɪ]
adjective
  1. giving an impression of vague unworldliness
    神秘古怪的;非现实的
    his mother was a strange, fey woman.
    他的母亲是一个神经兮兮的怪女人。
    ■having supernatural powers of clairvoyance
    超自然的,有魔法的
    ■(chiefly Scottish)fated to die or at the point of death
    (主苏格兰)注定要死的;濒死的
    now he is fey, he sees his own death, and I see it too.
    现在他要死了,他看见了自己的死亡,我也看见了。
派生
feyly
adverb
feyness
noun
语源
  1. Old English fæge (in the sense 'fated to die soon'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veeg and to German feige 'cowardly'
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