changelings

changelings

美 [ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ] 　英 ['tʃeɪndʒlɪŋ]

• n.(迷信说法中被仙女)偷换后留下的丑孩子；变节者
• 网络调换儿；偷换的孩子；丑娃

词形变化

复数：changelings  

英汉解释

n.	1. (迷信说法中被仙女)偷换后留下的丑孩子,矮小丑陋的人[动物] 2. 〈古〉低能儿 3. 〈古〉见异思迁的人;不忠实的人,变节者 4. (集邮)颜色起化学变化的邮票

英英解释

n.	1. in stories, a child believed to have been left by fairies when they stole the real child from its parents

例句

My fellow changelings and I had been spying on the boy for months, so I knew the contours of my new home at the edge of the forest.

我和我的换生灵同伴们监视了这个男孩好几个月，所以我在森林边就知道新家的轮廓。

For the past century, adults had been total strangers, and life among the changelings had distorted my perspective.

在过去的一个世纪中，成人是彻底的陌路人，而与换生灵共处的生活也已经扭曲了我的视角。

Elementary science and history revealed a way of thinking about the world that differed from my experience among the changelings.

初级自然科学和历史显露的是思考这个世界的方式，这和我在换生灵中的生活经历不一样。

The changelings select carefully, for such opportunities might come along only once a decade or so.

换生灵挑选对象很仔细，因为这种机会大概十年左右才有一次。

I expected civilization, but they were worse than the changelings.

我期待的是文明，但他们比换生灵更糟糕。