changeling

美 [ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ]英 [ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ]
  • n.(尤指故事中被仙女)偷换后留下的孩童

复数: changelings

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noun

literary(尤指故事中被仙女)偷换后留下的孩童
a child who is believed to have been secretly left in exchange for another, especially (in stories) by fairies

changeling

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (常指神话传说中)被(仙女)调换的婴儿
    A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.

    I have always felt like a changeling born into the wrong family.

    我一直感觉自己小时候被调包过,不是这一家的人。

noun

1
a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
2
a person of subnormal intelligence
Synonym: idiot imbecile cretin moron half-wit retard

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  1. I have always felt like a changeling born into the wrong family .

    我一直感觉自己小时候被调包过,不是这一家的人。

  2. Thirty years ago , in1949 , I was a changeling who became a human again .

    三十年前,我就从一个换生灵重新变成了人类。

  3. This is true in the tales about the Changeling .

    这是无论在对低能儿的故事。

  4. I finished watching Changeling this evening .

    我今天晚上看完了电影《换子疑云》。

  5. It is for this reason that they have come down from their mountains and rejoined changeling society in large numbers .

    由于这个原因,它们已经开始从它们的山地上下来重新加入为数众多的低能级社会里来。

  6. Recruitment of eligible subjects is of paramount importance and probably the most difficult and changeling aspect of a clinical trial .

    招募合格的受试者在临床试验过程中是至关重要的,而且可能是最困难、最富有挑战性的工作。

  7. They care little for the machinations and politics of " ground folk ", and they rarely interfere with changeling society .

    它们对“地面人类”的诡计和政治不感兴趣,因此他们几乎不干扰低能级社会的事物。

  8. Take you with her , pitiful changeling ?

    带你跟她一起去,可怜的三心二意的人!

  9. Our changeling spies followed him and raised the alarm , and I transformed myself into his perfect facsimile .

    我们的换生灵密探跟踪他并发出召集令,我把自己变成他完美的复制品。

  10. Or better yet , I am a changeling & a word that describes within its own name what we are bound and intended to do .

    更好的说法是,我是一个换生灵&顾名思义,这个词指明了我们要做的事和想做的事。

  11. No matter how old or young , the object is to deceive the parents into think-ing that this changeling is actually their child .

    而无论他们年龄大小,我们的目标是骗过孩子的父母,让他们相信换生灵的的确确是他们的亲骨肉。

  12. And , get this , never once does Haynes mention the name of the mesmeric changeling at his film 's center .

    还有,还有一件事,海因斯在电影里面一次也没有提到那个催眠大众的名字。

  13. It couldnt be a random selection . A changeling must decide on a child the same age as he was when he had been kidnapped .

    这不能随意选择,换生灵找到的孩子必须与他自己被绑架时的年龄一致。

  14. Decades as a changeling had molded my appetites and energies , but she was all too human , growing heavier with each passing season .

    数十年的换生灵生活塑造了我的胃口和精力,但她是个十足的人类,年年都在发福。

  15. He still wanted to harm the pious queen , and he took the letter , putting in its place one that stated that the queen had brought a changeling into the world .

    再说那个恶魔一直想伤害好心的王后。这时,他将另一封信放进信使的口袋里,上面说王后生了一个妖怪。

  16. A child who becomes part of our soci-ety might have to wait a century before his turn in the cycle arrives , when he can become a changeling and reenter the human world .

    成为我们中间一分子的那个孩子,或许要等上一个世纪才能轮到他换生,并再次进入人类世界。

  17. A changeling girl , age six , so shocked her new parents when she opened her mouth to speak that , thus frightened , they poured hot wax into each others ears and never heard an-other sound .

    一个换生灵女孩,六岁,一开口说话就让她的新父母不堪恐惧,把滚烫的蜡油灌进对方耳朵,从此再也听不到声音。