sprites

英 [spraɪts]

美 [spraɪts]

n. (传说中的)小仙子，小精灵，小妖精
sprite的复数

柯林斯词典

(童话及传说中生活在水边的)小精灵，小仙子
In fairy stories and legends, aspriteis a small, magic creature which lives near water.

noun

atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
Synonym:red sprites

Of the sprites of fire, water, and air, I know next to nothing.
我对火精、水精和气精近乎一无所知，但地精和土精我却十分熟悉。
CSS sprites help decrease the number of HTTP requests.
CSSsprites可帮助减少HTTP请求的数量。
Week of pixie: double growth for Pixies and sprites.
小精灵周：小精灵产量加倍。
Now, focus on just one of these sprites.
现在，把注意力集中到其中的一个小精灵。
Once upon a time there was a wicked sprite, indeed he was the most mischievous of all sprites.
从前，有一个很坏的小魔鬼，他是所有妖魔中最坏的家伙。
We hope that it is our mistake to take you as sprites.
希望把你们当成妖精是我们的错误。
A time-dependent quasi-three-dimensional QEF model of red sprites
时变的准三维红闪电场模式研究
He went through the network of galleries the sprites had been digging, and across the charred plains, without anyone noticing he had left, apart from his brother and some of his closest friends.
他走过精灵们已经挖掘的长廊，空过烧焦的平原，没人注意到他已经离开，离开了他的兄弟和最亲近的朋友。
The Value of Works about Sprites in the Medieval Times for the Typology of Folktale
论中古志怪作品在民间故事类型学中的价值&以《搜神记》为中心
You can reduce image requests by using CSS sprites.
可以通过使用CSSsprites减少图像请求。