gnomes是什么意思？

gnomes

• n. 矮子( gnome的名词复数 )，侏儒，<口>（尤指金融市场上搞投机的）银行家，守护神；

例句

• Merry was their meeting, and the gnomes and the spirits played nine - pins all night long. 快活的是他们的会议, 并且地精和精神整夜演奏了九别针.
• Hudson was alarmed, and asked the chief of the gnomes for an explanation. 哈德森惊动了, 并且要求地精的院长解释.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  地精，土地神（童话故事中的神灵，英国人有时在花园中摆放小的土地神雕像）
  In children's stories, a gnome is an imaginary creature that is like a tiny old man with a beard and pointed hat. In Britain people sometimes have small statues of gnomes in their gardens.