nymph

US /nɪmf/
UK /nɪmf/
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1.

요정, 님프

a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations

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The ancient Greeks believed in forest nymphs.
고대 그리스인들은 숲의 요정을 믿었다.
A water nymph was said to guard the sacred spring.
물의 요정이 신성한 샘을 지킨다고 했다.
2.

유충, 애벌레

an immature form of an insect that does not change greatly as it grows, e.g., a dragonfly, mayfly, or locust

:
The dragonfly nymph lives underwater before emerging as an adult.
잠자리 유충은 성충이 되기 전에 물속에서 산다.
Locusts develop through a nymph stage.
메뚜기는 유충 단계를 거쳐 성장한다.