| 词汇 | gnome |
| 释义 | gnome noun[ C ] uk /nəʊm/ us /noʊm/ an imaginary, very small, old man with a beard and a pointed hat, in traditional children's stories（童话中的）土地神，地下宝藏守护神 a model of a gnome used as a garden decoration: （花园中装饰用的）守护神塑像，守护神石像 garden gnomeI don't think garden gnomes are in very good taste.我觉得在花园中摆设守护神塑像品位有点低俗。 Mac99/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages US a person who works by using their mind, but does not talk to, and is not known by, the public: 低调的脑力工作者；不作张扬的才子 The gnomes in the back room are putting the finishing touches to the new software.后面房间里那些低调的才子就要完成他的新软件了。 the gnomes of ZurichUKdisapproving the powerful bankers (= people who own or control banks) from Switzerland who control a lot of money, much of it belonging to foreign governments: 苏黎世的大银行家 He had, perhaps unfairly, blamed the gnomes of Zurich for the sterling crisis. Mythological & legendary characters Abominable Snowman Anancy Andromeda Ares basilisk genie Hades hellhound Hera Hermes Janus siren sprite the sandman Thor unicorn vamp Venus Vesta Victoria You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Garden buildings & structures Intelligent people gnome | American Dictionarygnome noun[ C ] us/noʊm/ (in children’s stories) an imaginary, very small old man who lives underground and guards gold and other valuable objects Examples of gnomegnome For mulaelig there are, and formulaic verses, but no repeated gnomes. Perhaps there is more creativity in these poems than we have been willing to credit, or perhaps there was a guiding hand which either avoided or edited out duplicated gnomes. At that fair, hardly a flower appeared; it was mainly devoted to the selling of garden gnomes and fountains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is what it is all about and it has nothing to do with gnomes or speculators or anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The driver goes off to argue with the gnomes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I discovered recently a tendency among my friends to regard me as a "gnome". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important that the needs of everybody in the industry should be met, whether they are supplying garden gnomes or other products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This nice touch that some gnome in some department thought up, "a reproduction silver inkstand", was very interesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am thinking of soft cases, such as a drunk old man staggering across my open-plan garden and knocking over a gnome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is governed by political gnomes busy jealously guarding their small treasure. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Certainly, the experts, the dealers in foreign exchange, "the gnomes", the dealers in commodities, are not going to be put off and confused. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, briefed carefully by gnomes from the civil servants' office, he is told just how far he can or cannot go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would wrap up the gnome, take the customer's details, sort out the money and label up the package. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever arguments are advanced in the debate, surely we need not go into whether garden gnomes or seeds come within the term. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not extend the debate to cultural arguments about plastic gnomes and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of gnome These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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