English Dictionary

gnome

IPA（発音記号）

/nəʊm/

名詞

軽蔑的 頻度副詞

(magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.

日本語の意味

大地に関連した元素精霊。伝統的な魔法や錬金術、ロジックルセントリズムの文脈では、土のエレメントとして扱われる、精霊または肉体を伴う存在を指す。

When the drought threatened the village, a gnome stirred beneath the stones and coaxed hidden springs back to life.

干ばつが村を脅かしたとき、地の精霊が石の下から動き出し、隠された泉を再び湧き出させた。

意味（1）

(magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.

He adopts the Rosycrusian fancy of Gnomes, spirits which inhabit the earth, and who by their power form the ores of metals, and all the wonders met with in the inmost recesses of the globe.

意味（2）

(mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining.

When the trees were disposed of, the gnomes vanished again.

意味（3）

A person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.

意味（4）

The northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.

意味（5）

A small statue of a dwarf-like character, often bearded, placed in a garden.

There were ornamental ponds and shrubs clipped into animal shapes, painted concrete gnomes sitting on mushrooms, pink flamingos standing on one leg[.]

意味（6）

(astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter.

意味（7）

(often derogatory) A banker, especially a secretive international one.

the gnomes of Zurich

gnomes （ plural ）