| 单词 | changeling |
| 释义 | changeling noun[C] uk/ˈtʃeɪndʒ.lɪŋ/us/ˈtʃeɪndʒ.lɪŋ/(especiallyinstories) ababywho issecretlyused to take theplaceof anotherbaby （尤指故事中）被调换的婴儿，被掉包的婴儿Faking & pretending
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Examplesofchangelingchangeling The changelings are women who have been spirited away to the other world and who cannot return without help. From theCambridge English Corpus They were changelings that the examination system inadvertently engendered. From theCambridge English Corpus These changelings are most often women and children (569). From theCambridge English Corpus Either way, invoking thechangelinglegend to explain such behavior is potentially dangerous, as the traditional method of banishing a changeling is to burn it. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite the physical agency that these female ghosts and changelings enjoy, their overwhelming silence and the rules of their imprisonment within this other world reveal the limits of their power. From theCambridge English Corpus However, precisely because they presided over the critical moment of birth, midwives were also subjected to all sorts of slander, including the charge of substituting changelings. From theCambridge English Corpus It is that of thechangelingand the waif. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it will not prove to be achangeling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of money has been spent upon it; yet he disclaims all responsibility for it, and says it is not his child but that it is merely achangeling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We might be called compulsive changelings! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Achangelingchild was believed to be a faerie child that had been left in place of a human child stolen by the faeries. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He can change his looks in a moment (unlike thechangeling, who needs several minutes and suffers while doing so). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.According to legend he was stolen at birth and briefly replaced by a demonicchangeling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once the prisoners escaped, they managed to warn the station about thechangeling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many embrace their new existences, compensating for the loss of their mortal lives by immersing themselves inchangelingsociety. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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