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fairy

noun
🔊/ˈfeəri/
🔊/ˈferi/
(plural fairies)
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  1. (in stories) a creature like a small person, who has magic powers（故事中的）小仙人，仙子，小精灵
    • a good/wicked fairy善良的仙子；邪恶的精灵
    see also tooth fairy
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • bad
    • wicked
    • …
    verb + fairy
    • believe in
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  2. (slang, disapproving) an offensive word for a gay man 兔子（男同性恋者）
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting fairyland, or fairies collectively): from Old French faerie, from fae, ‘a fairy’, from Latin fata ‘the Fates’, plural of fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.