tomte

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small human-like creature in Nordic folklore that lives on farmsteads and watches over their inhabitants.
    — In Sweden the Tomte is sometimes seen at noon, in summer, slowly and stealthily dragging a straw or an ear of corn. [...] Any one who treated the industrious Tomte with respect, and set store by the smallest straw, became rich, and neatness and regularity prevailed in his household.

词形变化

tomtes plural

词源

Etymology tree
Swedish tomtebor.
English tomte
Borrowed from Swedish tomte.
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