| 单词 | water sprite |
| 例句 | On their backs are figures representing the arts, figures that look like water sprites. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Folk singer Sam Lee dances like a man possessed, in neon orange trousers, and describes a song in which a man blames catching the clap on naughty water sprites. The Big Chill 2011-08-07T11:53:31Z Asuka has an easy life with her doting fiancé—but everything’s about to change when she discovers her childhood friend has been reborn as a folkloric water sprite, and she decides to take him home…. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z Joining water sprites like Huske on the women’s team are a handful of veterans who thought they were done swimming five years ago. U.S. Swim Team Will Take 11 Teenagers to Tokyo Olympics 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Deakin’s book begins with an ecstatic moat swim in summer rain, amid “water sprites springing up on tiptoe like bright pins over the surface.” The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Kappa, a water sprite from Japanese folklore, hitting the course in Tokyo. Two Marathons, Two Cities 2013-02-25T17:37:39Z The Fearless slipped through the long swells as swiftly as a water sprite, “footing it featly” on her road to Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pacific. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z The blackening wave is edged with white, To inch and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the water sprite, Whose screams forebode that wreck is nigh. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Many ballads tell of the beautiful huldre, of the fay who presages the destruction of fishermen, of the water sprite, and of the brownies who, living underground, are covetous of cattle. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z They might have been humans, but to the boys they looked like nothing more or less than water sprites. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z A few steps forward and this nymph of the woods, this naiad of the mountains, plunged into the clear, cold waters of the pool—a water sprite and her fountain! The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z The water sprite was not so easily found. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies As it came nearer he discovered it was a water sprite, singing a song which blended with the murmur of the waves and the notes of the bird. Tales of Romance "Undine," repeated Beverly, his eyes beginning to twinkle; "I had no idea you counted water sprites among your acquaintances." The Girl from Arizona Thistle had talked about the water sprites, but Hop was rather a dull fellow, and lived in the mud, so he could tell him nothing. Lulu's Library, Volume II At some far time This water sprite A brother of the coyote must have been. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse If the water sprite be successful, he changes places with the one tagged. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium First came a group of thirty of the village children, dressed as water sprites, and blowing on soft-toned silver horns. Princess Polly At Play We find in Canada the tale of a dusky Undine, a soulless water sprite, who, through love of a mortal, became human. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate Far away beside the sun live the fire spirits; but I cannot tell the road, for it is through the air and no water sprite could live to reach it. Lulu's Library, Volume II Old fairy tales of her childhood crowded into her mind, memories of phantoms and ghosts and goblins, the legends of Undine and the water sprites, the ballad of the Erl-King in the haunted forest. The Princess of the School The two from the banks then run across to exchange places, the water sprite trying to tag one of them. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium He was caught by the girl's spirituality and brightness and he couldn't any more comprehend her than a raw-boned Indian could understand a water sprite. A Son of the Hills Perhaps the joy in their hearts added a new charm, for the ripples in the brook appeared like so many laughing water sprites dancing there in the silvery light. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Down in the deep sea lived Ripple, a happy little water sprite. Lulu's Library, Volume II The water sprites that inhabit it must be a dirty set. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag One player, representing the water sprite, stands in the middle of the river and beckons to one on the bank to cross. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Largely so, if the reference is to the river gods, the Naiads, and water sprites, of classical mythology. Nature Mysticism "Then listen to my song," said the water sprite. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales The water sprites were in blue armor made of dragon-fly scales, and they drew shells full of tiny bubbles that were shot like cannon-balls, upsetting their small enemies by the dozen. Lulu's Library, Volume II The water sprites and the wood nymphs will lend wings to thee in thy efforts to please them. The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas "We are water sprites," answered one, in the clearest voice that can be imagined, "and when this delightful warmth comes all about us, we become so light that we fly off, as you see." McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader In Sweden it was thought that a black lamb must be dedicated to the water sprite before he would teach any one to play the harp. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala He had set up the warp, and was about to fill the shuttle, when his son came in and told the story, and repeated the water sprite's song. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales The water sprites in their blue robes floated here and there, or slept in beds of foam, rocked by the motion of the waves. Lulu's Library, Volume II The value of the story lies in the author's power to make the reader believe in Undine, the water sprite, and in the presentation of a new nature-mythology. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English No, no," replied a chorus of many small voices from the drop of water, "we are only water sprites again. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader All the branches, however, were gone; the tree had been uprooted, transported, whirled and worn by deluges; then to commemorate the victory of the water sprites, it had been changed into stone. Overland "Say, what hast thou seen by the streamlet side— A nymph or a water sprite— That thou comest with eyes so wild and wide, And with cheeks so ghostly white?" Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon He forgot his hunt, he forgot everything but to watch for this water sprite. Classic Myths In the pool at the base of the fountain are a number of graceful groups of water sprites on dolphins, and four larger groups representing the four great seas. An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition "After a while I flew with these others to this window, and, as we alighted on the glass, the cold changed us from water sprites into sprites of the Fine Frost family." McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader Her curly golden hair was wreathed with soft green water-grasses, and her rosy cheeks and dancing eyes made her look like a mischievous water sprite. Patty in Paris "Let's try some diving!" proposed Mollie, always a daring water sprite. The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem Martin shut the door, put the bulging suit-case on a chair and watched the girl as she whirled about the hall, as graceful as a water sprite, with eyes alight with mischief and animation. Who Cares? a story of adolescence No bride ever wore a veil of such delicate and exquisite texture unless it was some water sprite, fit creature to be adorned with such gauzy and wind-woven drapery. See America First Before long we shall be water sprites again. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader There, curled up like a water sprite on the unmade bunk lay Tootles in bathing clothes, holding a rubber cap in her hand, her head, with its golden bobbed hair, dented into a cushion. Who Cares? a story of adolescence |
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