drow

n. 轻雾；毛毛雨；黑暗精灵

发音

UK /dɹəʊ/
其它
UK /dɹaʊ/
其它
US /dɹoʊ/
US /dɹaʊ/

别名

trow

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.

    “hidden people” (Faroese huldufólk, Norwegian huldrefolk), subterraneans (Norwegian underjordiske, Swedish underjordiska, Gutnish di sma undar jordi), fairies, “troll-folk”, and thereof (Swedish oknytt)

    可数 过时 不可数 艺术 媒体 宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.

    ghost; cognate to Scandinavian folklore of gnomes, wights, trolls, etc, being supernatural ghosts

    可数 过时 不可数 艺术 媒体 宗教 神话 哲学
  3. 3.

    A member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.

    “The devil”, cognate to Scanian dråe (“devil”).

    可数 过时 不可数 艺术 媒体 宗教 神话 哲学
  4. 4.

    A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow.

    不可数 可数

词源

From Shetlandic and Orcadian Scots drow, from Norn *drou, *drau (compare 18th c. Norwegian drau, modern drov, drauv), alternatively *drog, from Old Norse draugr (“malevolent revenant”); along the variation trow, intermixed with Norn troll, from Old Norse trǫll (“troll, malevolent supernatural being”), a partial synonym to draugr. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so trolly, knolls probably became *trowie, knowes around this time.

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