"muggles" in Chinese (Simplified)
麻瓜
Definition
“麻瓜”是指没有魔法能力的人,尤其出现在哈利·波特的世界里。也可以泛指没有某种特殊技能或不是某一圈子的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
非正式、因哈利·波特而流行。有时也幽默地指不懂特定领域(如“科技麻瓜”)。不是贬义,比较俏皮。一般用于复数指一群人。
Examples
Most people in the city are muggles and have no idea about magic.
城市里大多数人都是**麻瓜**,对魔法一无所知。
My friend likes to call non-programmers muggles in our tech club.
我的朋友喜欢在我们科技俱乐部里称没学编程的人为**麻瓜**。
The wizard explained the rules to the muggles.
巫师向**麻瓜**解释了规则。
At the comic convention, those who didn’t dress up were jokingly called muggles.
在动漫展上,没有装扮的人被开玩笑地称为**麻瓜**。
He’s such a muggle when it comes to fixing computers — he barely knows how to turn one on.
修电脑方面他简直是个**麻瓜**,连开机都不太会。
Don’t worry, we’ll explain everything for the muggles joining the game for the first time.
别担心,我们会为第一次来玩的**麻瓜**解释一切。