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

• 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？”
• He works at a scientific institute where linguists, literature scholars, historians, sociologists, economists, and other scholars investigate everything that has to do with gnomes.
  他在一家科学机构工作，在那里有语言学家，文学学者，历史学家，社会学家，经济学家和其他学者探讨一切有关侏儒的事。
• 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。
• • "what do you think of garden gnomes?"
  •“你对花园小矮人有什么看法？”
• 84A group of gnomes trains stronger and fiercer riding dogs than anyone else in the world.
  一群侏儒训练了世界上最强壮最凶猛的骑乘用犬。
• But when they woke, everything was just the same; the gnomes still rowing, the ship still gliding on, still dead blackness ahead.
  但等他们醒来时，一切还是一样，小精灵依然在划桨，船依然在悄悄前进，前面依然是一团漆黑。
• Gnomes are an essence of human wisdom.
  格言是人类智慧的精华。
• Mounts are a much sought after form of transportation in which players ride atop the backs of various Bind on Pickupcreatures ( or machines for gnomes and engineers).
  骑乘是一种广受欢迎的交通方式，玩家所拥有的坐骑通常是拾取绑定的生物（侏儒和工程可以拥有机器坐骑）。
• 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。
• 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。