nixie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female nix, a water-spirit.
    — The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]
  2. A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
    — Mailers who are registered participants in the Postal Service's Address Change Service (ACS) system expect to receive their address corrections and nixie notifications by electronic messages;[…].

词形变化

nixies plural nixe alternative nixy alternative nixies plural

词源

词源 1
From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).
Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”), English nicker.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English nix
English -ie
English nixie
From nix + -ie.
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