| 单词 | troll |
| 释义 | troll (once / 2791 pages) 1n 2vn 3v 4vn A troll is a supernatural creature who is either very big or very small, ugly, and not very nice. You're most likely to read about a troll in a fairytale — perhaps trying to trick a beautiful princess into marrying him! You’ve probably come across a troll before, maybe in The Lord of the Rings. As a verb, to troll means to wander around. You may have heard of a trolley, which is a vehicle that helps you travel around a city. The word troll more generally refers to anything that repeats itself regularly. You might troll a city, searching for a trolley, or you might troll parts of a song, repeating them one after the other to annoy your neighbors! WORD FAMILYtroll: trolled, troller, trolling, trolls+/troller: trollers/trolling: trollings USAGE EXAMPLESFor people targeted by Internet “trolls,” the absence of a clear solution is often the most frustrating part. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) She’s simply not as flexible as she was in 1991, when she released “Emotions”; then again, her online trolls probably aren’t either. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) If you voted for Trump and continue to support him and you think you are better than these bigoted virulent trolls, you’re not. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 n (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains 2Hyper mythical creature, mythical monster a monster renowned in folklore and myth 1v angle with a hook and line drawn through the water Hyper angle fish with a hook 2n angling by drawing a baited line through the water Syn|Hyper trolling angling fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) 3n a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling 3he used a spinner as his troll Hyper fish lure, fisherman's lure (angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers 1v circulate, move around Hyper circle, circulate move in circles 2v cause to move round and round 4The child trolled her hoop Hyper roll, wheel move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle 1v sing loudly and without inhibition Hyper sing produce tones with the voice 2v praise or celebrate in song All tongues shall troll you Hyper praise express approval of 3v speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice Hyper mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 4v sing the parts of (a round) in succession Hyper sing deliver by singing 5n a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time Syn|Hyper round partsong a song with two or more voice parts |
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