gnoll

n. 豺狼人（神话或网络游戏中有的一种生物）

发音

UK /nəʊl/
US /noʊl/

词形变化

gnolls 复数 gnolls

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A usually evil and hyena-like humanoid creature found in various forms in fantasy literature and video games.

词源

According to A Brief History of Gnolls, by Paul Haynie, they were created by Lord Dunsany in "How Nuth Would Have Practiced His Art Upon the Gnoles", and the name was likely derived from a playing field of the Welsh All Blacks known as the Gnoll, probably derived from English knoll.

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