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 only punted gnomes with pink hair.
  我给我的小侏儒染了粉红色的头发。
• 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。
• The chancellor of the exchequer doesn't only have to convince the cabinet that his budget is sound, he has to convince the gnomes of zurich.
  财政大臣不但得要全体内阁确信他的预算是合理的，他还得使苏黎世的银行家们信服。
• 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。
• But what would you say if a hiring manager asked you, "what do you think of garden gnomes?"
  但如果一位招聘经理问你：“你对花园小矮人有什么看法？”
• 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。
• Gnomes will also start in Dun Morogh, since their homeland has been destroyed by an ancient evil.
  侏儒也将起始于丹莫罗，因为他们的家园被远古的恶魔们摧毁了。
• A family of gnomes is secretly all werebears.
  一个侏儒家庭其实都是。
• • "what do you think of garden gnomes?"
  •“你对花园小矮人有什么看法？”
• He works at a scientific institute where linguists, literature scholars, historians, sociologists, economists, and other scholars investigate everything that has to do with gnomes.
  他在一家科学机构工作，在那里有语言学家，文学学者，历史学家，社会学家，经济学家和其他学者探讨一切有关侏儒的事。