| 单词 | water nymph |
| 例句 | “Once upon a time in ancient Greece, there was an enchanted pool. This pool was sacred to Salmacis, the water nymph. And one day Hermaphroditus, a beautiful boy, went swimming there.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The ghostly water nymphs were normally confined to their homes in the river, but during Semik, they could come out at night and would dance in the fields under the stars. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Once, however, Arethusa was not water or even a water nymph, but a fair young huntress and a follower of Artemis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosaleen, May, and August had returned to the business of being water nymphs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All four of us turned into water nymphs and danced around the cool spray, just the way it must have been when Indians danced circles around blazing fires. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a keeper of bees, the son of Apollo and a water nymph, Cyrene. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “A water nymph. What else did he say?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A few of the water nymphs had squirt guns—which seemed not quite as terrifying—but the look in their eyes was still murderous. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her hair in bangs, her huge eyes echoing those of Christy’s water nymph, she looks just as romantic as the art. They Know the Blessing and Curse of Warhol and Basquiat 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Dvorak’s “Rusalka,” about a water nymph doomed by her love for a human prince, is a fairy tale. A ‘Rusalka’ Shows Two Sides at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-01-24T10:13:05Z At one vaudeville engagement, he shared a bill with a water nymph, four performing seals and “The Eminent Girl Saxophonist.” Review | In ‘Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise,’ working-class Archie Leach becomes a Hollywood legend 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But he did so in a seemingly simple way: by letting the charismatic countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, who was playing Galatea, a female water nymph, just be his male self. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Airy, ethereal and delicate designs filled the catwalk in Luisa Beccaria's show on Thursday as models took the role of water nymphs on the second day of Milan's fashion week. The grace of Beccaria's nymphs at Milan's second day of fashion 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z According to folklore, Rusalka is a water nymph who lives in an enchanted lake. Opera Rusalka Grand theatre, Leeds ????? Rusalka 2010-05-24T20:31:00Z The term Jaggermeryx naida literally means “Jagger’s water nymph,” and the animal lived in swamps in what is today the Egyptian desert, probably 19 million years ago. Ancient swamp pig named after Mick Jagger because of its plump, sensitive lips 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Hylas wanders off on his own and, bending over a pool, is glimpsed by a water nymph. ‘Jason and the Argonauts’: Picture thepre-Trojan War equivalent of the Avengers Williams says that she and her 30 supporting water nymphs — rehearsed the big number for 10 weeks. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z The inhabitants also include some pretty scary water nymphs in the form of giant singing prawns, and there's altogether too much activity from the mimes initially employed to help Rusalka move her enormous tail around. Rusalka – review 2012-10-09T16:47:46Z Antonin Dvorak’s tale of a water nymph who longs for human form conveys the bond between people and nature. A Fall Season of Debuts, Returns and Farewells 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The water nymph Rusalka sings her lyrical showpiece, the “Song to the Moon,” while lying atop a kiosk. Music Review: Stefan Herheim?s ?Rusalka,? at Th??tre Royal de la Monnaie 2012-03-09T23:41:56Z In Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” Daphne is a water nymph pursued by the lustful god Apollo. Two New Books Look at Mythology With Fresh Eyes 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Miraculously, she isn't dead, and tells him to call her Ondine, the name of a water nymph from European folklore. Colin Farrell's fairy tale ending 2010-05-02T18:01:00Z The central image in it is of a Roman-era water nymph, a small female form carved in a time of drought. What Does a Singer Do With Full Freedom? 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The word “Nyad” is a derivation of “naiad,” the water nymph from Greek mythology. Review: 'Nyad' swims and sometimes sinks, but Bening's performance is Annette gain 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “On the Tollense trade route, with Nordic amber, a traveler offered up her amulet to the local water nymphs for further good luck on the voyage,” Dr. Kaul said. A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine Revives a Weighty Mystery 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Strategically placed art — a bronze statue paying tribute to Sir Isaac Newton on the patio, a 1912 oil painting of the water nymph Clytie by Herbert James Draper — lend the restaurant a gallery air. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “I’m a huge Stones fan,” admitted Ellen Miller, who co-authored the water nymph paper in September’s Journal of Paleontology. Mick Jagger has 19-million-year-old species of 'long-legged pig' named after him 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z On another night, one of the women, a Columbia University student who called herself Naiad after a water nymph from Greek mythology, floated around the room in an airy silk robe over matching undergarments. A Strip Club in Manhattan Proves That Vice Is Hard to Kill 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The researchers nicknamed her Naia, for the ancient Greek water nymphs. Teen skeleton found by Mexico cave divers has scientists breathless 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The divers named the girl Naia, after a water nymph of Greek mythology. Mexico plans to extract 13,000-year-old skeleton 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The divers named the skeleton Naia, after a water nymph of Greek mythology, and joined up with a team of scientists to research the find. Ancient skeleton shedding light on first Americans 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The divers named her "Naia," a water nymph from Greek mythology. Mexican cave skeleton reveals secrets of New World's first people 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The divers who found the skeleton named her “Naia,” Greek for water nymph. 12,000-year-old skeleton sheds light on Kennewick Man 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Belarusian villagers throw their crowns in to the air as they celebrate the pagan holiday of Rusalye, devoted to water nymphs, in the village of Sosny. Day in pictures: 11 June 2012 2012-06-11T10:44:29Z These were, for instance, the Naiades, beautiful water nymphs, who dwelt in the limpid depths of the fountains, and were considered local patrons of poetry and song. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In the midst of the water Cellini's world-famed water nymph reined in her dolphins. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Your clever and jolly water nymph is anything but well balanced. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z I could sooner believe in water nymphs than in many existences which are commonly treated as much more certain matters of fact. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z He has already formed a half suspicion that the home of the interesting water nymph is not far from that pagoda-like structure he has frequently noticed on the right bank of the river. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z Down near the pebbly bottom he saw a face so passing fair, that he immediately lost his heart, for he thought it belonged to some water nymph gazing up at him through the transparent flood. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Pigna, an Italian poet, has adopted similar numbers in a Latin poem, on the metamorphosis of the water nymph, Pitys, who was changed into a fir-tree, for having fled from the embraces of Boreas. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He has already formed a half suspicion that the home of the interesting water nymph is not far from that pagoda-like structure, he has frequently noticed on the right bank of the river. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Only think! if Subha had been a water nymph, she might have risen slowly from the river, bringing the gem of a snake's crown to the landing-place. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Only think, if Subha had been a water nymph, she might have risen slowly from the river, bringing the gem of a snake's crown to the landing-place. Stories from Tagore Then she burst into such a passion of tears, that the wood and water nymphs, the gods, men, and all nature in fact, joined with her to mourn the beloved youth. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Undine, the foster-daughter of a good old fisherman and his wife, is a water nymph, and as such is born without a soul. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Objection, that the Naïads weeping in bowers is not so proper, being water nymphs, and that the word consented is doubted by some to whom I have shown these verses. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition "A water nymph does not get much chance at novelty." The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Instead of a water nymph a beautiful sunflower looked back at her from the water. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children “Do you want anything else?” inquired the water nymph. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland The rheumy eyes rolled, settled on the water nymph. The Martian Cabal They people their woods and mountains, and romantic water-falls, with various classes of wood and water nymphs, fairies and genii. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 But the water nymph laid such a powerful spell upon the captain and his men that they could move neither hand nor foot. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas At breakfast this morning we were talking about the universe from the angels around the throne to the little brown gnomes that work so hard, flower fairies, and wood and water nymphs and nixies. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Stooping to see what it was, she picked up the girdle which Proserpine had long ago thrown to the water nymph. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes We are water nymphs so free, We are merry sisters three. Princess Polly At Play Uncle Alec took them to a lovely spot for a bath—a tempting nook in which one might almost have expected to surprise a water nymph or two, if you drew near quietly enough. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia The lad's hand, on which is the fateful ring, hangs close to the water of the brook near which he lies, and Satan calls the water nymphs to take it from him. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Water devils are those naiads or water nymphs which have been heretofore conversant about waters and rivers. The Superstitions of Witchcraft Before having seen the water nymph, he felt drawn to her by an irresistible power. Legends of the Rhine The fourth class was aqueous devils, as the various descriptions of water nymphs. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales But Menelaus had the good fortune of meeting a water nymph named I-doʹthe-a, a daughter of Proteus, and she directed him what to do. The Story of Troy A theme then makes its appearance in its first vague form, a theme which in one shape or another Wagner uses throughout the four operas for the elemental beings—here, the water nymphs, afterwards Erda. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Edith was to have danced in the pale greens of a water nymph. Love Stories But come now, and I will show you Ithaca; there is the haven and the olive with its slender leaves, and the cave where you once made many an offering to the water nymphs.” The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) The guests gathered on the circle of smooth-shaven grass that in the centre made a space around a fountain, with a gleaming water nymph. The Mating of Lydia Reginald read it as it appeared: “‘The water nymphs paused in the moonlight to watch the fountains pray.’” Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times When he comes out in the morning and evening, and while drawing the door after him, he puts a finger on the third toe of the fourth water nymph. Waysiders Hamadryad or water nymph could not have startled me at that moment: they belonged there, and were looked for. In the Footprints of the Padres This is the haunt of the water nymph Lorelei, whose song charmed the ear of the boatman while his bark was dashed to pieces on the rocks below. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 This is the haunt of the water nymph, Lurlei, whose song charmed the ear of the boatman while his barque was dashed to pieces on the rocks below. Views a-foot An elaborate carving of three water nymphs, most probably meant to be in attendance on the goddess, is one of the few pieces of sculpture that are not greatly mutilated. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day On returning he puts his hand on the golden knob, presses the second toe of the third water nymph, and the key slides back into its hidden cavity. Waysiders In happier times did Persephone with the water nymphs play. The Tarn of Eternity I can conceive the water nymphs pulling for him. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 In classical mythology, Diana is the moon goddess, Hamadryad, a wood nymph, Naiad, a water nymph. Selections from Poe Chaplets of yellow violets a-plenty you shall find, And glorious crimson roses in garlands intertwined; And baskets heaped with lilies the water nymph shall bring— White lilies that this morning were mirrored in her spring. Vergil A Biography The candle fell from the hand of the Keeper of the Key, and he could be seen in the moonlight groping for the door-knob, his hand on the figures of the group of water nymphs. Waysiders The fisherman takes his catch, the traveler sojourns on peaceful seas, the water nymphs sing along the quiet streams. The Tarn of Eternity The water nymph had been away gathering sticks; she had to empty her boat and I waited a little impatiently, a little ruefully. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland The Naiads, in classical mythology, are water nymphs,—lovely maidens presiding over brooks and fountains. Selections from Poe Between these fragmentary mountains, in shapely, symmetrical bowls which have been delved by the fingers of the water nymphs and Undines, lie beautiful lakelets. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra The door knob was a group of seven water nymphs. Waysiders There on the border of a superb canal, where a hundred frothy waves fell in cascades—seemingly pushed by water nymphs. The McNaughtens But Miss Patience, shut up in the back part of the carriage like a water nymph in her cave, still wept hysterically. Cap'n Eri But now I think of it, the original Undine lived a long time ago—in the age of primeval simplicity, when even cool-blooded water nymphs had hearts. A Face Illumined Sides were taken, some for, others against, the ankle of the water nymph. Waysiders The Keeper of the Key of the Seven Sisters issued a Proclamation declaring that there was a flaw in the rounding of one of the ankles of the group of seven water nymphs. Waysiders After all her woman's soul had come to her as in the old and simple times when even water nymphs had hearts, and love was still the mightiest force in the universe. A Face Illumined |
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