elfish meaning in English
adj.
小精灵一样的；顽皮的，淘气的，恶作剧的。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
Examples
- As to the thoughts , they are elfish
至于那些思想，倒是有些妖气。 - Or , if not , thou strange and elfish child , whence didst thou come ?
要不是这样，你这个怪里怪气的小妖精似的孩子是从哪儿来的？ ” - Or is she an elfish spirit , who , as the legends of our childhood taught us , is forbidden to cross a running stream
要不，说不定她是个小精灵，象我们儿时的童话所教的，她是不准渡过流淌的溪流的吧？ - I was thinking , sir you will excuse the idea ; it was involuntary , i was thinking of hercules and samson with their charmers - you were , you little elfish -
“我在想，先生你会原谅我这个想法，油然而生的想法，我想起了赫拉克勒斯参孙和使他们着迷的美女。 ” - Hester , the evil which she inherited from her mother must be great indeed , if a noble woman do not grow out of this elfish child
海丝特自忖，这个小精灵似的孩子已经具备了这些纯正的秉赋，如若再不能成长为一个高贵的妇人，那就是她从母亲身上继承到的邪恶实在太大了。