| 单词 | gabriel hounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGabriel hounds Gabriel hounds n. (also Gabriel's hounds) originally English regional (northern) creatures, usually birds, whose yelping or howling cries are heard in the air, esp. at night, and sometimes imagined or represented as supernatural hounds or as the souls of children who have died unbaptized, and which are believed to presage death or misfortune; (also) the noise made by these creatures. Cf. Gabriel ratchet n. at sense 1a, gabble ratchet n.extracted from Gabrieln.< as lemmas |
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