| 单词 | gremlin |
| 释义 | gremlin noun[C] uk/ˈɡrem.lɪn/us/ˈɡrem.lən/animaginarylittlecreaturethat gets inside things,especiallymachines, and makes themstopworking: （尤指想象中钻到机器里面使其出现故障的）小妖精We must have a gremlin in theengine- it isn'tworkingright.发动机里一定是钻进去了个小妖精——现在运转不正常了。 Mythological & legendary characters
gremlin| American Dictionarygremlin noun[C] us/ˈɡrem·lən/animaginarycreaturethat gets inside things,esp.machines, andcausesproblems Examplesofgremlingremlin So, we have to posit flying gremlins that never alight and that make the noise in another way. From theCambridge English Corpus We should observe littlegremlinfootprints. From theCambridge English Corpus The mechanisms of causalgia were instructive, he believed, for they could serve as a physiological model for general mechanisms of neurosis, the gremlins, or demons, inside the body's servomechanism. From theCambridge English Corpus The 'gremlin' that is said to have made a cam belt snap in an engine is an imaginative personification of an unexpected and unintended physical state. From theCambridge English Corpus Surely we have constructively exposed thegremlinin the drafting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should explain to you that there appears to be agremlinin the system somewhere in the building. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The gremlins start off cuddly, but then they get water on them, and they become monsters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I must make it clear that the gremlins seem to be mutually, or possibly, liberal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall not be dogged by thatgremlinof "administrative difficulty" which has sunk so many other good ideas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is what makes it all the sadder that agremlinhas got into the works—and it certainly has-—in the whole consultation procedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the gremlins have got at the system, so to speak, and a measure of proportionality is to be introduced by what is called the additional member system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Using augmented reality, the simian,gremlin-like creature appears to be aware of its environment and surroundings and reacts to them accordingly. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name is a portmanteau of female andgremlin. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thegremlinapologizes for the plane having run out of gas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this sense agremlinis one's self-defeating behavior. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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