| 释义 |
leprechaunlep‧re‧chaun /ˈleprəkɔːn $ -kɑːn, -kɒːn/ noun [countable]   leprechaunOrigin: 1600-1700 Irish Gaelic leipreachan, from Middle Irish luchorpan ‘small body’ - Dada came in last, a frozen leprechaun he never wore an overcoat.
- Interactivity: The sign promises luck should you rub the head of a certain fiberglass leprechaun.
- Ken also played a man selling luminous leprechauns and a newspaper seller talking inconsequential nonsense to the proprietor of a coffee stall.
- No one had called her a leprechaun before.
- Oh, no, not with that aggravating, hot-tempered, sensuous little leprechaun.
- One story is told of a man who saw a leprechaun bury a purse of gold in a field of ragwort.
- Subscribers to the service adopt an electronic leprechaun and receive e-mails comprising gossip and tales from the motherland.
► Folkloreabominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun an imaginary creature in the form of a little old man, in old Irish stories |