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hobgoblin

/hob-gob-lin/US // ˈhɒbˌgɒb lɪn //UK // (ˌhɒbˈɡɒblɪn) //

妖精,小妖精,妖怪,妖魔鬼怪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something causing superstitious fear; a bogy.
    • : a mischievous goblin.
    • : Puck.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • To the speechwriters, he was the hobgoblin of editors, demanding we cram in more statistics, more attacks, more examples.

  • Robin Goodfellow, the Puck, or Hobgoblin, is however essentially mischievous.

  • I'll put me on my great carnation nose, and wrap me in a rousing calf-skin suit, and come like some hobgoblin.

  • Being at one time troubled with illusions, I have myself crushed a hobgoblin by sitting on its lap.

  • And wasnt Granny kind to show us how to make it into so strange a hobgoblin of a creature as is our Jack?

  • The second hobgoblin will be there, a mighty Ghost of valor.