Nix
[nɪks]
解釋/意思:
(fem.) One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.
錄入:皮埃尔
解釋/意思:
n. nothing: (U.S.) in the postal service anything unmailable because addressed to places which are not post-offices or to post-offices not existing in the States &c. indicated in the address—usually in pl.
n. (Teut. myth.) a water-spirit mostly malignant.—Also Nix′ie Nix′y.
interj. a roughs' street-cry of warning at the policeman &c.
錄入:希莉娅
例句/造句/用法:
- The first steamship to put to sea was also an American, the _Ph?nix_, which went from New York (Hoboken) to Philadelphia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Stevens’ son in taking the Ph?nix from New York to Philadelphia, no attempt had been made to cross the ocean until 1819. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Having in 1804 made the first application of steam to the screw propeller, he in 1807 built the Ph?nix, which was driven by paddle wheels. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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