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fey

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fey /feɪ/ adjective  STRANGEvery sensitive and behaving or talking in a strange way 疯疯癫癫的,古怪的,神经兮兮的 a fey and delicate child 一个古怪娇弱的孩子
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feySimilarly, her often fey iconography suggests her interest in the supernatural.It needs to avoid being fey or quirky as it brings the contemporary design world further into its heart.
Origin fey Old English fæge
fey adjectiveChinese
talking a very and way behaving or strange sensitive Corpus in


fey
fey /feɪ/ adjective
 Language: Old English
 Origin: fæge
very sensitive and behaving or talking in a strange way:
    a fey and delicate child


feyBrE /feɪ/ 🔊NAmE /feɪ/ 🔊 adjective (literary, sometimes disapproving) (usually of a person 通常指人) sensitive and rather mysterious or strange; not acting in a very practical way 古怪易冲动的;有点故弄玄虚的;不讲求实际的