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。
• 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？”
• 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。
• A family of gnomes is secretly all werebears.
  一个侏儒家庭其实都是。
• I only punted gnomes with pink hair.
  我给我的小侏儒染了粉红色的头发。
• Gnomes have semantic creativity, this is shown in that they make breakthroughs in the stereotyped conceptions;
  格言在语义上具有创造性，这体现在它对概念化思维的突破；
• Gun User: Dwarves ( and maybe Gnomes) are the only races who specialize in using these mechanical weapons, but other races may be able to learn to use them.
  使用火枪型：矮人（还可能有侏儒）是唯一擅长使用这些机械武器的种族，但是其他种族也可以学习使用火枪。
• Gnomes are an essence of human wisdom.
  格言是人类智慧的精华。
• 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。