单词 | hobgoblin |
释义 | hobgoblinWord family nounhobnailHobbinollhobgoblinhobgoblinismhobadjectivehobnailedhobbish Folklorehob·gob·lin /hɒbˈɡɒblən, ˈhɒbɡɒb- $ ˈhɑːbɡɑːb-/ noun [countableC] RFa goblin 小妖精 Examples from the Corpus hobgoblin• And what of hobgoblins, gnomes and the little people of Ireland?• How do we know that dwarves or goblins or hobgoblins, that kind of thing, didn't really live here?• As a child, I was treated as the school hobgoblin.• Ill-treated hobgoblins can cause strife and discord, though, souring milk, tangling clothes and muddying floors for spite. (1500-1600) hob “bad spirit” ((15-19 centuries)) (from Hob, a man's name, from Robert) + goblin |
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