(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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- bad
- wicked
- …
- believe in
- (slang, disapproving)
an offensive word for a gay man 兔子（男同性恋者）
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting fairyland, or fairies collectively): from Old French faerie, from fae, ‘a fairy’, from Latin fata ‘the Fates’, plural of fatum ‘that which has been spoken’, from fari ‘speak’.