English Dictionary

mermaid

/ˈmɜːˌmeɪd/

noun

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish. / (as a modifier) Coloured a brilliant turquoise. / (obsolete) A prostitute.

The mermaid swam gracefully in the sparkling ocean.

意味（1）

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Holonym: merfolk

意味（2）

(as a modifier) Coloured a brilliant turquoise.

mermaid smoothie

意味（3）

(obsolete) A prostitute.

A Gentleman or an honeſt Cittizen, ſhall not Sit in your pennie-bench Theaters, vvith his Squirrell by his ſide cracking nuttes; nor ſneake into a Tauerne vvith his Mermaid; but he ſhall be Satyr'd and Epigram'd vpon, and his humour muſt run vpo'th Stage: […]