gremlins是什么意思？

gremlins

• n. 小鬼( gremlin的名词复数 )；

例句

• The gremlins have got into the computer again. 捣乱的小精灵又钻进计算机里了.
• The microphones went dead as if the technical gremlins had struck again. 麦克风没有了声音，似乎小妖怪又把设备弄坏了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （尤指机器出现不明故障时人们假想出来的捣乱的）小妖精
  A gremlin is a tiny imaginary evil spirit that people say is the cause of a problem, especially in a machine, which they cannot explain properly or locate.
  例句
  The microphones went dead as if the technical gremlins had struck again. 麦克风没有了声音，似乎小妖怪又把设备弄坏了。