English Dictionary

gnome

/nəʊm/

noun

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

The gnome cast a spell and turned the pumpkin into a carriage.

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