elf

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elf /elf/ noun (plural elves /elvz/) [countable] RFan imaginary creature like a small person with pointed ears and magical powers 小精灵〔传说中的精灵，形似小人，耳尖〕 → fairy, pixie

Examples from the Corpus

elf• Not that shit about elves, but what you just said, Carolyn.• Twoflower had always wanted to meet an elf.• Now people I've spoken to who used it then never said anything about machine elves of hyperspace.• Or Strauss requesting a chorus of elves?• The aspect of humanity which the elves represent most fully - both for good and ill - is the creative one.• The elves put on the clothes, and then were never seen again.• They saw two elves, hard at work.nELF /ˌiː el ˈef/ noun [uncountable] n(English as a lingua franca) the use of English as a means of communication by people whose first languages are different, and are not EnglishOrigin elf Old English ælf

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