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单词 hobgoblin
释义
hobgoblinhob‧gob‧lin /hɒbˈɡɒblən, ˈhɒbɡɒb- $ ˈhɑːbɡɑːb-/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINhobgoblin
Origin:
1500-1600 hob ‘bad spirit’ (15-19 centuries) (from Hob, a man's name, from Robert) + goblin
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And what of hobgoblins, gnomes and the little people of Ireland?
  • As a child, I was treated as the school hobgoblin.
  • How do we know that dwarves or goblins or hobgoblins, that kind of thing, didn't really live here?
  • Ill-treated hobgoblins can cause strife and discord, though, souring milk, tangling clothes and muddying floors for spite.
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
a goblin
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