One of a race of elves in Irish folklore who can reveal hidden treasure to someone who catches him. 矮妖精爱尔兰民间传说中一种小精灵,可以向抓住它的人指示隐藏的宝藏
My little daughter is as lovely as an elf. 我的小女儿像个小精灵一样可爱。
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Elf \Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak.
2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
{Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf shot}.
{Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See {Changeling}.
{Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
{Elf owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of Southern California and Arizona.
Elves \Elves\, n.; pl. of {Elf}. ※ Elvish \Elv"ish\, a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See {Elfish}.
He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer.
2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
Town officials refer to the unseen rock dweller on an adjoining lot as "the old man at No. 102." Elves in Iceland are as old as the hills.