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单词 troll
释义
troll1 nountroll2 verb
trolltroll1 /trəʊl, trɒl $ troʊl/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtroll
Origin:
1600-1700 Norwegian troll and Danish trold, from Old Norse troll ‘evil creature, giant’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll.
  • The troll again asked his question and learned that an even bigger goat would soon cross his bridge.
  • The troll thought that was sensible, so he waited.
  • There was now, for example, a five-metre tall mountain troll standing in the road.
  • There were also some senior dwarfs from Copperhead and, standing well away from them, a group of trolls.
  • They are the trolls lurking beneath the jerry-built bridges that businesses and agencies view as shortcuts to high performance.
word sets
WORD SETS
abominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun
1an imaginary creature in stories that looks like an ugly person2someone who leaves offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reaction
troll1 nountroll2 verb
trolltroll2 verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
troll
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytroll
he, she, ittrolls
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytrolled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave trolled
he, she, ithas trolled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad trolled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill troll
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have trolled
Continuous Form
PresentIam trolling
he, she, itis trolling
you, we, theyare trolling
PastI, he, she, itwas trolling
you, we, theywere trolling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been trolling
he, she, ithas been trolling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been trolling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be trolling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been trolling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It's certainly true that both will now troll for votes in the same middle waters.
1American English to try to remove something from a river, ocean etc by pulling a rope, line etc through the water:  Ships towing huge magnets trolled the ocean floor.troll for I would troll for fish from the rowboat.2American English to try to obtain something by searching, asking people etc SYN trawl British Englishtroll (something) for something Stewart spent hours trolling the Web for information.3to leave offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reaction
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