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gnomeHnEJm, $noJmn [C](in children's stories) an imaginary very small old man with a BEARD (= hair on the face below the mouth) and a pointed hat, who lives underground and guards gold and other valuable objects（儿童故事中）地下的小妖魔（长着胡须，戴尖帽，守护金银财宝）A gnome is also a model of a gnome used as a garden decoration.点缀花园的侏儒塑像I don't think garden gnomes are in very good taste.我认为点缀花园的侏儒塑像没什么品味。Powerful bankers from Switzerland are sometimes called the gnomes of Zurich because they control a lot of money, much of it belonging to foreign governments.瑞士势力强大的银行家们有时被称为“苏黎世的那帮银行家们”，因为他们控制了大量钱财，其中许多属于外国政府。(Am) A gnome is also a person who works by using their mind, but does not talk to, and is not known by, the public; a boffin.（对外秘而不宣的、自行从事研究的）不知名专家;科学家The gnomes in the back room are putting the finishing touches on the new software.幕后的不知名专家们在对新的软件进行最后加工。
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