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Definition of hobgoblin in English: hobgoblinnoun ˈhɒbɡɒblɪnˈhɑbˌɡɑblən 1(in mythology and fairy stories) a mischievous imp or sprite. （神话、童话中的）淘气精灵 Example sentencesExamples - It is so lovely to view the sweet innocence of the ghouls and hobgoblins who visit our thresholds, calling out ‘trick or treat’, often accompanied by imaginative verse of their own making.
- His creased brown skin throbbed with muscle, he was a hobgoblin, and failure was unacceptable in goblin society.
- In England the hobgoblin was as helpful a sprite as the brownie.
- A group of hobgoblins emerged from behind him.
- It is a time when the very mention of witches, gnomes, hobgoblins and ogres is enough to conjure up a fantasy world populated with a multitude of such creatures.
- Gaffle turned round and stared at the oncoming horde of hobgoblins.
- A romantic historical account, it told of a hobgoblin, the ugliest of his maligned kindred but valorous of heart, who fell in love with a beautiful princess of Ilnumin, one of the fallen cities of the moon elves of the Elven Age.
- If people want to believe in tooth fairies, or leprechauns, or hobgoblins, or taniwha, or whatever, it is their right to do that.
- Though Mr McCallum does admit, and even provide evidence for, the existence of hobgoblins and faeries.
- It was a time when witches did mischief while spiteful fairies and hobgoblins roamed about.
Synonyms imp, sprite, goblin, elf, brownie, pixie, leprechaun, gnome, dwarf bogey, bogeyman, troll, evil spirit Scottish kelpie rare hob, nix, nixie, elfin - 1.1 A fearsome mythical creature.
妖怪，魔鬼 Example sentencesExamples - By the time the hobgoblins and ghouls are out and about on the 31st it is rising less than four hours after sunset.
- Imagination, then plays upon our fears when there is feeble light, making us see ghouls and hobgoblins in every shadow that moves.
- In his childhood Martin was afraid of the dark, of ghosts and hobgoblins, and his fear of attack by the threatening unknown later came to surface in his art.
- But I wasn't about to stand up to a rampaging bunch of hobgoblins anyway.
OriginMid 16th century: from hob2 + goblin. Definition of hobgoblin in US English: hobgoblinnounˈhɑbˌɡɑblənˈhäbˌɡäblən 1(in mythology and fairy tales) a mischievous imp or sprite. （神话、童话中的）淘气精灵 Example sentencesExamples - If people want to believe in tooth fairies, or leprechauns, or hobgoblins, or taniwha, or whatever, it is their right to do that.
- Gaffle turned round and stared at the oncoming horde of hobgoblins.
- His creased brown skin throbbed with muscle, he was a hobgoblin, and failure was unacceptable in goblin society.
- In England the hobgoblin was as helpful a sprite as the brownie.
- A group of hobgoblins emerged from behind him.
- A romantic historical account, it told of a hobgoblin, the ugliest of his maligned kindred but valorous of heart, who fell in love with a beautiful princess of Ilnumin, one of the fallen cities of the moon elves of the Elven Age.
- Though Mr McCallum does admit, and even provide evidence for, the existence of hobgoblins and faeries.
- It is a time when the very mention of witches, gnomes, hobgoblins and ogres is enough to conjure up a fantasy world populated with a multitude of such creatures.
- It was a time when witches did mischief while spiteful fairies and hobgoblins roamed about.
- It is so lovely to view the sweet innocence of the ghouls and hobgoblins who visit our thresholds, calling out ‘trick or treat’, often accompanied by imaginative verse of their own making.
Synonyms imp, sprite, goblin, elf, brownie, pixie, leprechaun, gnome, dwarf - 1.1 A fearsome mythical creature.
妖怪，魔鬼 Example sentencesExamples - Imagination, then plays upon our fears when there is feeble light, making us see ghouls and hobgoblins in every shadow that moves.
- But I wasn't about to stand up to a rampaging bunch of hobgoblins anyway.
- In his childhood Martin was afraid of the dark, of ghosts and hobgoblins, and his fear of attack by the threatening unknown later came to surface in his art.
- By the time the hobgoblins and ghouls are out and about on the 31st it is rising less than four hours after sunset.
OriginMid 16th century: from hob + goblin. |