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pixie

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Folklore
pix·ie, pixy /ˈpɪksi/ noun [countable]  RFan imaginary creature that looks like a very small human being, has magical powers, and likes to play tricks on people 小妖精,小精灵〔一种虚构的生物,身材矮小、有法术且喜爱捉弄人〕
Examples from the Corpus
pixieShe looked like a pixie sometimes, her eyes darting here and there, for ever watchful.He has this lovely pixie body and whips off complicated tap routines in the Astaire and Gene Kelly styles - amazing.Violette, her hair cut short in raffish pixie fashion, so that her eyes looked luminously large.I got impregnated by that pixie dust.On it were a variety of jugs and china vases from the same school of design as the pixie doorknocker.Agnes looked hard at the pixie.
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pixie
pixie , pixy /ˈpɪksi/ noun [countable]
an imaginary creature that looks like a very small human being, has magical powers, and likes to play tricks on people


pixieBrE /ˈpɪksi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪksi/ 🔊 noun(in stories) a creature like a small person with pointed ears, who has magic powers (传说中的)小精灵,小仙子,小妖怪