gnomes

英 [ˈnəʊmiːz]

美 [noʊmz]

n.  (神话故事中的)地下宝藏守护神; (装饰花园的)守护精灵像
gnome的复数

柯林斯词典

• 地精，土地神（童话故事中的神灵，英国人有时在花园中摆放小的土地神雕像）
  In children's stories, agnomeis an imaginary creature that is like a tiny old man with a beard and pointed hat. In Britain people sometimes have small statues of gnomes in their gardens.

双语例句

• I must have looked as if I was having second thoughts because I was approached by an elderly man who retained a certain dignity despite wearing just flip-flops and a thick white felt hat of the kind favoured by garden gnomes.
  我必须装着好像是经过深思熟虑的，因为一名老翁来到了我的面前。老人保持着一定程度的尊严，尽管只他穿着拖鞋和一顶厚厚的白色毡帽，花园中侏儒雕塑常带的那种。
• Pupils who attend unique "conclave" magic schools are split into four ancient houses-Winds, Undines, Gnomes and Salamanders, and like Potter, students study a defense against the deadly Dark Arts.
  参加这个“神秘”魔法学校的学生被分到四个学院&疾风、水精、地精和火龙。像波特一样，学生还会学习黑魔法防御术。
• I only punted gnomes with pink hair.
  我给我的小侏儒染了粉红色的头发。
• 84A group of gnomes trains stronger and fiercer riding dogs than anyone else in the world.
  一群侏儒训练了世界上最强壮最凶猛的骑乘用犬。
• You see, we're all poor gnomes from Bism whom the Witch has called up here by magic to work for her.
  你瞧，我们都是从比斯姆国来的可怜的小精灵，是女巫用魔法把我们招到这儿来为她干活的。
• It was his idea that, during the trogg invasion, the gnomes shut themselves from the world.
  他的想法是，在穴居人入侵期间，侏儒们把自己与世界隔离。
• But when they woke, everything was just the same; the gnomes still rowing, the ship still gliding on, still dead blackness ahead.
  但等他们醒来时，一切还是一样，小精灵依然在划桨，船依然在悄悄前进，前面依然是一团漆黑。
• The Town-god worship encountered often in the mystery chinese stories ( ancient Chinese fantastic fiction), originated in a primitive worship of gnomes.
  中国志怪小说中反映的城隍信仰起源于远古的土地神崇拜。
• • "what do you think of garden gnomes?"
  •“你对花园小矮人有什么看法？”
• Mounts are a much sought after form of transportation in which players ride atop the backs of various Bind on Pickupcreatures ( or machines for gnomes and engineers).
  骑乘是一种广受欢迎的交通方式，玩家所拥有的坐骑通常是拾取绑定的生物（侏儒和工程可以拥有机器坐骑）。