'changeling' 的视觉含义？ - 通过图片学习，日常生活中的例子

的视觉插图 changeling: 掉包婴儿，换子，狸猫换太子

noun

掉包婴儿，换子，狸猫换太子

In pre-modern European mythology, an infant that was secretly exchanged for a mother's own baby by an evil creature. (In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to witches, devils, or demons.)

"Old wives told stories of a neighbor's child being a changeling, claiming that the baby, sickly and strange, had been swapped with a fairy child in the cradle. "

老人们常常讲故事，说邻居家的孩子是个掉包婴儿，他们声称那个孩子病怏怏的，模样也很奇怪，肯定是小仙子把他们的孩子换走了。

mythology religion supernatural story tradition culture inhuman

的视觉插图 changeling: 掉包婴儿，换子。

noun

掉包婴儿，换子。

An infant secretly exchanged with another infant by mistake or by human doing; swapling.

"Rumors spread through the village that the sickly baby found on the doorstep was a changeling, swapped for the family's healthy newborn. "

村里开始流传着这样的谣言，说在门阶上发现的那个病恹恹的婴儿是个掉包的，是被换走了这家人原本健康的宝宝。

mythology literature religion family culture supernatural

的视觉插图 changeling: 变形怪，变体生物.

noun

变形怪，变体生物.

An organism which can change shape to mimic others.

"In the science fiction story, the alien was a changeling, able to perfectly copy the appearance of anyone it met. "

在这部科幻小说中，那个外星人是个变形怪，能够完美地复制它遇到的任何人的外貌。

organism mythology biology supernatural being inhuman literature character animal nature story

的视觉插图 changeling: 傻瓜，笨蛋。

noun

傻瓜，笨蛋。

A simpleton; an idiot.

"He acted like a complete changeling, staring blankly when asked simple questions. "

他简直像个傻瓜一样，被问到简单的问题就只会茫然地盯着你看。

character person mind human being

的视觉插图 changeling: 反复无常的人，变色龙。

noun

反复无常的人，变色龙。

One apt to change; a waverer.

"Because Sarah couldn't commit to a major, her advisor jokingly called her a changeling, always switching between art, history, and biology. "

因为莎拉一直无法确定专业，她的导师就开玩笑地叫她“变色龙”，一会儿想学艺术，一会儿又想学历史，一会儿又想学生物。

character person tendency attitude mind