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Fairy Small Creature Man Homosexual ˈfeəri ˈferi Noun

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/fe͟əri/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]仙人;小精灵 A fairy is an imaginary creature with magical powers. Fairies are often represented as small people with wings.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]兔子(指男同性恋者) If someone describes a man as a fairy, they mean that he is a homosexual and they disapprove of this.
      [disapproval]
      [OFFENSIVE 冒犯]
      [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]

      Oxford fairy / ˈfeəri ; NAmE ˈferi / noun ( plural fairies ) 1 (in stories) a creature like a small person, who has magic powers (故事中的)小仙人,仙子,小精灵 a good/wicked fairy 善良的仙子;邪恶的精灵 see also
      tooth fairy
      2 ( slang, disapproving) an offensive word for a homosexualman 兔子(男同性恋者) fairy fairies
      fairy / ˈfeəri ; NAmE ˈferi /
      LDC
      fairyfai‧ry /ˈfeəri $ ˈferi/ ●●○ noun (plural fairies) [countable]
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      1a small imaginary creature with magic powers, which looks like a very small person2 old-fashioned not polite an offensive word for a homosexual man
      WDF

      fairy

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      fairies[2682]
      仙女(81%),小精灵(10%),幻想中的(4%),优雅的(3%),虚构的(2%)
      n.仙女,小精灵;漂亮姑娘
      adj.虚构的;仙女的

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