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单词 hobbit
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Definition of hobbit in English:

hobbit

noun ˈhɒbɪtˈhäbət
  • A member of an imaginary race similar to humans, of small size and with hairy feet, in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because of its size and location, many hobbits desire to live there.
    • Creatures such as elves, ogres, hobbits, dwarfs, and orcs roamed this realm freely.
    • After a few moments of silence, the hobbits begin the story of their nine-day ordeal.
    • But the hobbits, like the Riders and the other mortal inhabitants of Middle-Earth, seem to have no religion at all, not even a pagan one.
    • The hobbits needed to appear about three to four feet tall - tiny compared with the seven-foot Gandalf.
    • Aragorn, thinking that the hobbits are dead, kicks a discarded orc helmet and falls to his knees howling in anguish.
    • We are watching hobbits go on a journey to destroy a magic ring.
    • I would have liked to have seen more of the world from a hobbit's point of view.
    • As they leave Rivendell, he teaches the hobbits swordsmanship.
    • Now hobbits and men and elf and dwarf are scattered across Middle Earth, the story jumping back and forth between them.
    • In Middle Earth, there live humans, and hobbits, which are very much similar to miniature people.
    • After a few years, he once again splashed back onto the scene as Frodo, the hobbit we've all come to know and love, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
    • We were living in this outer realm, where hobbits existed and wars were fought between inhuman creatures.
    • I keep looking at the hobbits ' scarves and wondering if I couldn't knit one for myself.
    • In his hobbits he created an image of heroic action that was both admirable and plausible.
    • The four main hobbits were pretty good, although the foolishness of Pippin gets rather tiresome.
    • As he travels to Mount Doom with the hobbits, Sam and Frodo, their relationship becomes more precarious.
    • This hair is used to keep the hobbit's feet warm because they do not wear boots.

Origin

1937: invented by Tolkien in his book The Hobbit, and said by him to mean 'hole-dweller'.

Rhymes

Cobbett, gobbet, obit, probit
 
 

Definition of hobbit in US English:

hobbit

nounˈhäbət
  • A member of an imaginary race similar to humans, of small size and with hairy feet, in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As he travels to Mount Doom with the hobbits, Sam and Frodo, their relationship becomes more precarious.
    • I keep looking at the hobbits ' scarves and wondering if I couldn't knit one for myself.
    • Creatures such as elves, ogres, hobbits, dwarfs, and orcs roamed this realm freely.
    • Because of its size and location, many hobbits desire to live there.
    • After a few moments of silence, the hobbits begin the story of their nine-day ordeal.
    • After a few years, he once again splashed back onto the scene as Frodo, the hobbit we've all come to know and love, in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
    • Now hobbits and men and elf and dwarf are scattered across Middle Earth, the story jumping back and forth between them.
    • We were living in this outer realm, where hobbits existed and wars were fought between inhuman creatures.
    • As they leave Rivendell, he teaches the hobbits swordsmanship.
    • We are watching hobbits go on a journey to destroy a magic ring.
    • I would have liked to have seen more of the world from a hobbit's point of view.
    • But the hobbits, like the Riders and the other mortal inhabitants of Middle-Earth, seem to have no religion at all, not even a pagan one.
    • The hobbits needed to appear about three to four feet tall - tiny compared with the seven-foot Gandalf.
    • Aragorn, thinking that the hobbits are dead, kicks a discarded orc helmet and falls to his knees howling in anguish.
    • This hair is used to keep the hobbit's feet warm because they do not wear boots.
    • In Middle Earth, there live humans, and hobbits, which are very much similar to miniature people.
    • The four main hobbits were pretty good, although the foolishness of Pippin gets rather tiresome.
    • In his hobbits he created an image of heroic action that was both admirable and plausible.

Origin

1937: invented by Tolkien in his book The Hobbit, and said by him to mean ‘hole-dweller’.

 
 
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