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单词 Puck
释义

puck1 /puk/ or pouke /pŭk/

noun
  1. A goblin or mischievous sprite
  2. (with cap) Robin Goodfellow, a merry fairy in eg Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, etc (Puck-hairy in Ben Jonson's Sad Shepherd)
ORIGIN: OE pūca; cf ON pūki, Ir puca, Welsh pwca

puckˈish adjective

  1. Impish
  2. Full of mischief

puck2 /puk/

noun

A hard thick rubber disc used instead of a ball in ice hockey

ORIGIN: Origin unknown

robin1 /robˈin/

noun
  1. The redbreast or robin redbreast (Erithacus rubecula), a widely-spread singing bird with reddish-orange breast
  2. Extended to other birds, eg a red-breasted thrush of N America (American robin)
ORIGIN: A form of Robert; cf Jackdaw, and Magpie

Robin Goodfellow noun (folklore)

A mischievous English spirit or creature (also called Puck)

Robin Hood noun

A legendary medieval English outlaw who robbed the rich to give to the poor

Robin-runˈ-in-the-hedge or Robin-runˈ-the-hedge noun

  1. Cleavers or goosegrass
  2. Ground-ivy
  3. Also various other hedgeside plants

robin's-egg blue noun (chiefly N American)

A light greenish-blue colour

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