jotun

发音

UK /ˈjəʊtʊn/
其它
UK /ˈjoʊtʊn/
UK /ˈjoʊtən/
UK /ˈjɔːtʊn/

词形变化

jötnar jotuns 复数 jotuns jötnar 复数

别名

Jotun jötun jotunn jötunn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.

    宗教 神话 哲学

    When Odin was still young – before he had hanged himself on Yggdrasil and drunk from the Well of Wisdom – his eyes had fallen on a jotun named Loki.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

Jotunn

上位词 1

giant

词源

Learned borrowing from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Doublet of ettin.

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