"hobgoblin" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 小精靈
• 妖怪

Definition

Hobgoblin 是民間傳說中調皮的小精靈，經常搗蛋或搞惡作劇。它也可以指引起不必要恐懼或擔憂的東西。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Hobgoblin” 主要出現在童話、奇幻故事和古典文學中，日常對話很少使用。比喻用法指沒有根據的恐懼或想像的威脅。不要和“goblin”（哥布林/小妖怪）混淆，後者通常更為邪惡。

Examples

The story says a hobgoblin lives in the forest.

傳說中有一個**hobgoblin**住在森林裡。

Children are afraid of the hobgoblin in that old tale.

孩子們害怕那個老故事裡的**hobgoblin**。

A hobgoblin can play tricks on people.

**Hobgoblin**會作弄人。

That's just a hobgoblin of your imagination; there's nothing under the bed.

那只是你想像裡的**hobgoblin**，牀底下什麼都沒有。

Some people treat every new idea as a hobgoblin to be feared.

有些人把每個新想法都當做值得害怕的**hobgoblin**。

When I was little, I thought the noises in the attic were made by a hobgoblin.

小時候我以為閣樓的那些聲音是**hobgoblin**弄出來的。