(of a person or their features )人或容貌 small and attractive 小巧玲珑的 an elfin face 小巧清秀的脸庞
Oxford Collocations DictionaryElfin is used with these nouns:- face
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from elf, probably suggested by Middle English elvene ‘of elves’, and by Elphin, the name of a character in Arthurian romance.