English Dictionary

sylph

/sɪlf/

noun

(mythology) An invisible being of the air. / The elemental being of air, usually female.

The sylph danced gracefully through the forest.

意味（1）

(mythology) An invisible being of the air.

意味（2）

The elemental being of air, usually female.

意味（3）

(by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.

Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.

意味（4）

(ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.