leprechaun

/lep-ruh-kawn, -kon/US // ˈlɛp rəˌkɔn, -ˌkɒn //UK // (ˈlɛprəˌkɔːn) //

小妖精,妖精,小精灵,妖怪

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Irish Folklore.
- : a dwarf or sprite.
- : a conventionalized literary representation of this figure as a little old man who will reveal the location of a hidden crock of gold to anyone who catches him.

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The computer graphics are monotone overlaid in Lucky Charms leprechaun green.
Colin Farrell was originally set for the foul-mouth leprechaun played by Butler, but dropped out.
Entertainment Weekly named this 2003 movie, the sixth in the Leprechaun series, one of the 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made.
Just now he was being a sly leprechaun, if one can imagine a double-chinned, three-hundred pound leprechaun.
He told us that he was a Leprechaun (male), but that in a ruined fort near us dwelt the Pixies.
"More, perhaps, than you imagine—cares and anxieties," said the leprechaun.
"And what a life-time," observed the leprechaun, reproachfully.
To my first intention; that is, to illustrate the position in Fairydom of the Leprechaun.