Word · Frequency #16500
hob
小妖精；淘气鬼
A small, mischievous creature from folklore.
- 1.
A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
一种用于切削齿轮齿的刀具
- 2.
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
(民间传说)给人类制造麻烦的小型怪异超自然生物
- 3.
A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
一种圆形木钉,用作多种游戏(尤指套圈游戏)的目标
- 4.
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
(民间传说)有些顽皮的仙女
- 5.
A male ferret.
雄性雪貂
- 6.
a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
用于切割齿轮的硬钢刃工具
- 7.
The hub of a wheel.
轮毂
齿轮滚刀；雄雪貂；轮毂；目标柱（游戏用）；一种用于切削齿轮齿的刀具
In use
The old kitchen was said to be haunted by a mischievous hob that played tricks on the cook.
According to folklore, a hob can be appeased by leaving out a bowl of milk at night.
The children believed a hob lived in the attic and blamed it for missing toys.
a [adjective] hob
可用各种形容词修饰，如 mischievous, troublesome。
The old lady believed a mischievous hob lived in her attic.
老妇人相信她阁楼里住着一个淘气的捣蛋精灵。
the hob + verb
定冠词指特定一个精灵。
The hob played tricks on the villagers.
这个捣蛋精灵捉弄村民们。
hobs + plural verb
复数形式泛指多个或整体类别。
Connections
Collocations
- gear hob
- 齿轮滚刀
- The technician mounted a new gear hob on the machine.技术员在机床上安装了一把新的齿轮滚刀。
- hob ferret
- 雄性雪貂
- A hob ferret is usually larger than a jill.公雪貂通常比母雪貂大。
- ring the hob
- 套中目标桩
- She won the round by ringing the hob with her last quoit.她用最后一枚套环套中了目标桩，赢下了这一轮。
Idioms & figurative uses
- play hob with
- 捣乱；造成破坏The unexpected snowstorm played hob with our travel plans.突如其来的暴风雪打乱了我们的出行计划。
- raise hob
- 大吵大闹；引起骚动The children raised hob in the backyard while their parents were away.孩子们趁父母不在，在后院大吵大闹。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 hob 记成 hobgoblin（捣蛋鬼）的开头，联想小妖怪；同时它也是切齿轮的刀具。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：engineering、gear manufacturing、machine shop 此处选取“齿轮滚刀”的技术义项；hob 在普通口语中很少见，多用于机械加工或工程说明中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词在美式读音中都与 hob 一样押 /ɑb/ 韵：job、rob、knob、sob、cob、bob。注意不要被拼写相近但读音不同的词误导，如 hope /hoʊp/（希望）和 hop /hɑp/（单脚跳）并不与 hob 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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