| 词汇 | gremlin |
| 释义 | gremlin noun[ C ] uk /ˈɡrem.lɪn/ us /ˈɡrem.lən/ an imaginary little creature that gets inside things, especially machines, and makes them stop working: （尤指想象中钻到机器里面使其出现故障的）小妖精 We must have a gremlin in the engine - it isn't working right.发动机里一定是钻进去了个小妖精——现在运转不正常了。 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 gremlin | American Dictionarygremlin noun[ C ] us/ˈɡrem·lən/ an imaginary creature that gets inside things, esp. machines, and causes problems Examples of gremlingremlin So, we have to posit flying gremlins that never alight and that make the noise in another way. We should observe little gremlin footprints. The mechanisms of causalgia were instructive, he believed, for they could serve as a physiological model for general mechanisms of neurosis, the gremlins, or demons, inside the body's servomechanism. The ' gremlin ' that is said to have made a cam belt snap in an engine is an imaginative personification of an unexpected and unintended physical state. Surely we have constructively exposed the gremlin in the drafting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should explain to you that there appears to be a gremlin in the system somewhere in the building. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The gremlins start off cuddly, but then they get water on them, and they become monsters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must make it clear that the gremlins seem to be mutually, or possibly, liberal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall not be dogged by that gremlin of "administrative difficulty" which has sunk so many other good ideas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is what makes it all the sadder that a gremlin has got into the works—and it certainly has-—in the whole consultation procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the gremlins have got at the system, so to speak, and a measure of proportionality is to be introduced by what is called the additional member system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Using augmented reality, the simian, gremlin-like creature appears to be aware of its environment and surroundings and reacts to them accordingly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The name is a portmanteau of female and gremlin. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The gremlin apologizes for the plane having run out of gas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this sense a gremlin is one's self-defeating behavior. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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