hobgoblin是什么意思？

hobgoblin

英[hɒbˈgɒblɪn] 美[ˈhɑbgɑblɪn]

• n. （民间传说中的）淘气的小妖精，鬼怪，妖怪，令人恐怖的事物；

例句

• A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin o f little minds. 愚蠢的始终如一是渺小心灵的妖怪.
• The hobgoblin becomes the child, and the child becomes a hobgoblin. 换生灵变成了小孩, 小孩变成了换生灵.
• A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. 令人讨厌的小人物身上有着愚蠢的一致性.

同义词

• n.
  hobgoblin的同义词之：妖怪
  elf, imp, goblin, ghost,
• hobgoblin的同义词之：其他释义
  goblin, imp, elf, ghost,

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (民间传说中的)淘气的小妖精,鬼怪,妖怪；令人恐怖的事物
  A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. 令人讨厌的小人物身上有着愚蠢的一致性。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
  2. an object of dread or apprehension;
  "Germany was always a bugbear for France""A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson