If you call someone fey, you mean they seem not quite of ordinary earth: very sensitive, a little strange in how they talk or move, as if part of them is elsewhere. It can sound almost kind — otherworldly, elfin, lightly magical — or it can sound as if you find them too delicate, too floaty, not practical.

If you call someone fey如果你說某人fey， you mean they seem not quite of ordinary earth意思是他們感覺不太像活在凡間： very sensitive, a little strange in how they talk or move很敏感，說話或動作有點怪， as if part of them is elsewhere好像有一部分的他們在別的地方。 It can sound almost kind這個字可以聽起來幾乎是稱讚 — otherworldly, elfin, lightly magical超凡脫俗、精靈氣、帶點輕輕的魔幻感 — or it can sound as if you find them too delicate, too floaty, not practical也可以聽起來像是在說他們太脆弱、太飄、不切實際。

It is a bookish word. You meet it in novels and careful descriptions, not much in the street.

It is a bookish word這是個文謅謅的字， You meet it in novels and careful descriptions你會在小說和講究的描寫裡遇到它， not much in the street街頭閒聊不太會用。

Though actually, English has long had two words written the same way. One old Germanic fey meant 'doomed to die' or already marked by death, a literary and Scottish use. The other comes from the French fairy family: a person or place with a magical air.

Though actually不過， English has long had two words written the same way英文其實一直都有兩個拼法一樣的字： One old Germanic fey一個是較老的日耳曼語fey meant ‘doomed to die’ or already marked by death意思是『註定要死』，或已經被死亡標記， a literary and Scottish use是文學和蘇格蘭用法； The other comes from the French fairy family另一個來自法文fairy（精靈）這個字族： a person or place with a magical air指帶著魔幻氣息的人或地方。

The meaning here — strange, sensitive, not quite of this world — sits with that fairy stream.

The meaning here這裡的意思 — strange, sensitive, not quite of this world奇特、敏感、不太像這個世界的人 — sits with that fairy stream是屬於fairy這一支的。

In later writing the two have bled together a little, so a fey person may sound both fragile and slightly magical. It is not a medical word, and it is not automatically unkind; the speaker's tone does the work.

In later writing在後來的寫作裡， the two have bled together a little這兩個字有點混在一起了， so a fey person may sound both fragile and slightly magical所以a fey person聽起來可能既脆弱又帶點魔幻。 It is not a medical word這不是醫學用字， and it is not automatically unkind也不是自動帶有惡意； the speaker's tone does the work要看說話者的語氣才知道。