Pied Piper
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- the hero of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a poem by Robert Browning (1842), based on an old German legend. The piper, dressed in particoloured costume, rid the town of Hamelin (Hameln) in Brunswick of rats by enticing them away with his music, and when refused the promised payment he lured away the children of the citizens.花衣魔笛手（罗伯特·布朗宁诗歌《哈默尔恩的花衣魔笛手》[1842]中的主人公, 来源于德国的一个古老传说; 这位身穿花衣的魔笛手用音乐将不伦瑞克哈默尔恩城里的老鼠全部诱离了该城, 在未能得到事前许诺的酬金之后, 他又将城里的孩子全部诱拐走了）。
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- as noun a Pied Piper a person who entices people to follow them, especially to their doom诱拐者; 诱骗者。