英文字典中文字典


英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com



中文字典辞典   英文字典 a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z       







请输入英文单字，中文词皆可：

gnome    
n. 格言,箴言,侏儒,土地神

格言,箴言,侏儒,土地神

gnome
n 1: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in
the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [synonym:
{gnome}, {dwarf}]
2: a short pithy saying expressing a general truth

Gnome \Gnome\, n. [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that
knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts
of the earth, or fr. ? intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai,
gignw^skein, to know. See {Know}.]
1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to
inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the
guardian of mines, quarries, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen
features, or of strange appearance.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Zool.) A small owl ({Glaucidium gnoma}) of the Western
United States.
[1913 Webster]

4. [Gr. ?.] A brief reflection or maxim. --Peacham. Gnomic

93 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnome":
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Finnbeara, Lilliputian, Mab, Oberon,
Titania, Tom Thumb, adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm,
axiom, banshee, brocard, brownie, byword, catchword, cluricaune,
collected sayings, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, dwarf,
elemental, elemental spirit, elf, epigram, expression, fairy,
fairy queen, fay, goblin, golden saying, gremlin, hob, homunculus,
imp, kobold, leprechaun, manikin, maxim, midge, midget, moral, mot,
motto, oracle, ouphe, peewee, peri, phrase, pip-squeak,
pithy saying, pixie, pooka, precept, prescript, proverb,
proverbial saying, proverbs, puca, pwca, pygmy, rule, runt,
salamander, saw, saying, sentence, sententious expression, shrimp,
sloka, sprite, stock saying, sutra, sylph, sylphid, teaching, text,
truism, undine, verse, wart, wisdom, wisdom literature,
wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom

安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!


中文字典英文字典工具:
选择颜色:
输入中英文单字

































































英文字典中文字典相关资料:







中文字典-英文字典  2005-2009