A pixie is a tiny imaginary person in English folk stories, especially stories from the southwest of England. Pixies look like very small humans, have a little magic, and like playing tricks — hiding things, leading travellers off the path.

A pixie小精靈 is是 a tiny imaginary person in English folk stories英國民間故事裡一種很小的虛構人物, especially stories from the southwest of England尤其是英格蘭西南部的故事。Pixies小精靈們 look like very small humans長得像非常小的人類, have a little magic有一點點魔法, and like playing tricks而且喜歡惡作劇 — hiding things像是藏東西, leading travellers off the path把旅人帶偏路。

People often lump them together with fairies, though actually in the old local stories they are their own kind of creature, more mischievous than pretty.

People大家 often lump them together with fairies常常把牠們和仙女混為一談, though actually不過其實 in the old local stories在當地古老的故事裡 they are their own kind of creature牠們是自成一類的生物, more mischievous than pretty比起漂亮，更愛惡作劇。

In modern English you also hear pixie for a short, close haircut (a pixie cut), because it looks a bit elf-like; that is the same word, stretched.

In modern English在現代英文裡 you also hear pixie你也會聽到pixie這個字用來指 for a short, close haircut一種短而貼頭的髮型 (a pixie cut精靈短髮), because it looks a bit elf-like因為看起來有點像精靈; that is the same word, stretched那是同一個字被延伸出來的用法。

The origin is uncertain. The word turns up in the 1600s in that part of England.

The origin這個字的來源 is uncertain不確定。The word這個字 turns up出現 in the 1600s是在17世紀, in that part of England在英格蘭那個地區。

Some people connect it to a Swedish dialect word pysk for a fairy, but nobody has a good story for how a Swedish dialect word would land in Devon. Others guess it comes from Puck, the trickster sprite, plus a pet-name ending. Those are maybes, not facts.

Some people有些人 connect it to把它和...連在一起 a Swedish dialect word pysk for a fairy一個瑞典方言裡指仙女的字pysk, but但 nobody has a good story沒有人講得出好理由 for how a Swedish dialect word would land in Devon說明一個瑞典方言字怎麼會跑到德文郡去。Others其他人 guess it comes from猜這個字是從...來的 Puck, the trickster sprite搗蛋精靈帕克, plus a pet-name ending再加上一個暱稱字尾。Those那些 are maybes, not facts都只是猜測，不是事實。