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発音

• IPA: /ˈdɹaɪəd/, /ˈdɹaɪˌæd/
• 韻: -aɪəd, -aɪæd

名詞

dryad (plural dryads)

1. (Greek mythology) A female tree spirit.

   Hyponyms: Daphne, hamadryad

   Coordinate term: Meliai

   • 1914, Hans Christian Andersen, “The Dryad”, in William Alexander Craigie, transl., Fairy tales and other stories:

     There it had stood for years, close beside a mighty oak, under which sat often the kindly old priest, who told stories to the listening children. The young chestnut tree listened with them: the Dryad inside it, who was still a child, could remember the time when the tree was so small that it only reached a little higher than the ferns and long blades of grass.

2. mountain avens, dryas

派生語

Further reading

• dryad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• dardy