troll

• vt. 輪唱，使轉動；放聲高唱；拖餌釣魚
• vi. 參加輪唱；宏亮地唱；拖餌釣魚
• n. 輪唱；釣魚；北歐神話中的巨人

來自古諾斯語 troll,巫師，術士，占卜者，來自 Proto-Germanic*truzla,魔鬼，山精，巨怪，來 自 PIE*dra,跑，逃離，可能衍生自 PIE*der,走，跑，踩踏，詞源同 trap,tread.參照電影《冰雪 女王》。

詞源不詳，可能最終與 troll（山精，巨怪）來自同一詞源。詞義拖釣受 trawl 等影響。

troll (v.)

late 14c., "to go about, stroll," later (early 15c.) "roll from side to side, trundle," probably from Old French troller, a hunting term, "wander, to go in quest of game without purpose" (Modern French trôler), from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trollen "to walk with short steps"), from Proto-Germanic *truzlanan.

Sense of "sing in a full, rolling voice" (first attested 1570s) and that of "fish with a moving line" (c. 1600) both are extended technical uses from the general sense of "roll, trundle," the former from "sing in the manner of a catch or round," the latter perhaps confused with trail or trawl. Figurative sense of "to lure on as with a moving bait, entice, allure" is from 1560s. Meaning "to cruise in search of sexual encounters" is recorded from 1967, originally in homosexual slang.

troll (n.1)

supernatural being in Scandinavian mythology and folklore, 1610s (with an isolated use mid-14c.), from Old Norse troll "giant being not of the human race, evil spirit, monster." Some speculate that it originally meant "creature that walks clumsily," and derives from Proto-Germanic *truzlan, from *truzlanan (see troll (v.)). But it seems to have been a general supernatural word, such as Swedish trolla "to charm, bewitch;" Old Norse trolldomr "witchcraft."

The old sagas tell of the troll-bull, a supernatural being in the form of a bull, as well as boar-trolls. There were troll-maidens, troll-wives, and troll-women; the trollman, a magician or wizard, and the troll-drum, used in Lappish magic rites. The word was popularized in literary English by 19c. antiquarians, but it has been current in the Shetlands and Orkneys since Viking times. The first record of the word in modern English is from a court document from the Shetlands, regarding a certain Catherine, who, among other things, was accused of "airt and pairt of witchcraft and sorcerie, in hanting and seeing the Trollis ryse out of the kyrk yeard of Hildiswick."

Originally conceived as a race of malevolent giants, they have suffered the same fate as the Celtic Danann and by 19c. were regarded by peasants in in Denmark and Sweden as dwarfs and imps supposed to live in caves or under the ground.

They are obliging and neighbourly; freely lending and borrowing, and elsewise keeping up a friendly intercourse with mankind. But they have a sad propensity to thieving, not only stealing provisions, but even women and children. [Thomas Keightley, "The Fairy Mythology," London, 1850]

troll (n.2)

"act of going round, repetition," 1705, from troll (v.). Meaning "song sung in a round" is from 1820.

1. Troll's exclusive, personalized luggage is made to our own exacting specifications in heavy-duty PVC/nylon.

特羅爾專用的、個性化的行李箱是按照我們自己嚴格的規格要求用耐用聚氯乙烯/尼龍材料定製的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Is everybody else seeing a troll doll nailed to a two - by - four?

你們大家也看見一個釘在木板上的娃娃 嗎 ?

來自電影對白

3. And an old troll wish you a Happy Halloween!

以及淘氣的老侏儒都在祝你萬聖節快樂!

來自互聯網

4. Ice trolls are a subspecies of troll that lives in cold climates.

冰霜巨魔是一種生活在寒冷氣候中的巨魔亞種.

來自互聯網

5. He is a skilled craftsman Troll weapons, but also a powerful shaman.

他是一個熟練的巨魔武器工匠, 同時也是一個強大的薩滿.

來自互聯網