hobgoblin

n. 妖怪, 幽灵

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词形变化

hobgoblins 复数 hobgoblins

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.

  2. 2.

    A source of dread, fear or apprehension; a bugbear.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

goblin hob bugbear

上位词 1

object

相关短语

a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

词源

From hob (“elf”, from Hob, a variant of Rob, short for Robin Goodfellow, an elf in Germanic folklore) + goblin.

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