mermaids

英 [ˈmɜːmeɪdz]

美 [ˈmɜrˌmeɪdz]

n.  (传说中的)美人鱼
mermaid的复数

柯林斯词典

• (童话和传说中的)美人鱼
  In fairy stories and legends, amermaidis a woman with a fish's tail instead of legs, who lives in the sea.

双语例句

• Lf you believe the legends, mermaids have the power to find lost treasures.
  如果你相信传说，人鱼就有寻找失落财宝的能力。
• Mermaids do not drink any brand of bottled water.
  美人鱼从不饮用任何品牌的瓶装水。
• People say it is a magical place and stories of mermaids living in the surrounding waters have often been told.
  在那的人们流传它是附有魔法，附近水域有美人鱼栖息的地方。
• Then the others heard the secret, and very soon it became known to two mermaids whose intimate friend happened to know who the prince was.
  但是除了她们和别的一两个人鱼以外（她们只把这秘密转告给自己几个知己的朋友），别的什么人也不知道。她们之中有一位知道那个王子是什么人。
• I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
  我听见了人鱼对彼此唱歌。
• Peter did not hear him. He was begging Wendy to get better quickly, so that he could show her the mermaids.
  彼得没有听见斯莱持利说什么，他在恳求温迪快点复原，他好带她去看人鱼。
• Most of these mermaids are college students who volunteer to perform here.
  这些美人鱼们大多都是在校的大学生，到这里义务进行表演的。
• Legend has it that manatees were the mermaids that sailors sometimes saw.
  海牛就是传说中水手看到的美人鱼。
• Many mermen and mermaids went to the ball.
  很多男人鱼和美人鱼都来参加这场舞会。
• She also explains that, while humans live only short lives, they have an immortal soul, whereas mermaids live for300 years but then become foam on the ocean.
  并且解释说人类的寿命很短，精神不朽，而美人鱼却可以活300年，而死后则变成海洋里的泡沫。