rumpelstiltskin

[,rʌmpəl'stiltskin]
  • n. 侏儒怪(德国民间故事中的侏儒状妖怪)

英英释义


1. a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself

英文词源


Rumpelstiltskin (n.)
1840, from German Rumpelstilzchen. The German form of the name is used in English from 1828.