jinn

来自阿拉伯语。比较genie.

jinn (n.)

1680s, djen, from Arabic jinn, collective plural, "demons, spirits, angels." The proper singular is jinni. Compare genie.

1. An explorer descends into the Majlis al Jinn cave in Oman.

一位探险者绳降进入到阿曼的马吉里斯尔金洞穴.

2. In other words all Creation: including its people, its angels, and its jinn.

换句话说,所有的创造物: 包含它的人类 、 它的天使 、 它的神灵.

3. But soon the Jinn prevailed over the giants of the island, and put them to flight.

但不一会儿,精灵们就占了上风,岛上的巨人落荒而逃.

4. With those words the Jinn vanished into the river whence he had come.

说完这些话,精灵就回到河中消失了.