troll

noun

/trɒl/, /trəʊl/

/trəʊl/

(in Scandinavian stories) a creature that looks like an ugly person. Some trolls are very large and evil, others are small and friendly but like to trick people.（斯堪的纳维亚传说中的）山精，巨怪，友善顽皮的侏儒
(informal) a message to a discussion group on the internet that somebody deliberately sends to make other people angry; a person who sends a message like this“投饵”，恶意挑衅的帖子（在互联网讨论组张贴）；“投饵” 人；发挑衅帖子的人Topics Phones, email and the internetc2

词源noun sense 1from Old Norse and Swedish troll, Danish trold; adopted into English from Scandinavian in the mid 19th cent. noun sense 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘stroll, roll’): origin uncertain; compare with Old French troller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ and Middle High German trollen ‘stroll’.

troll

verb

/trɒl/, /trəʊl/

/trəʊl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they troll	/trɒl/, /trəʊl/ /trəʊl/
he / she / it trolls	/trɒlz/, /trəʊlz/ /trəʊlz/
past simple trolled	/trɒld/, /trəʊld/ /trəʊld/
past participle trolled	/trɒld/, /trəʊld/ /trəʊld/
-ing form trolling	/ˈtrɒlɪŋ/, /ˈtrəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈtrəʊlɪŋ/

[intransitive] troll (for something) (especially North American English) to catch fish by pulling a line with bait on it through the water behind a boat曳绳钓（鱼）；拖钓
[transitive, intransitive] (informal) to search for or try to get something搜查；搜索；设法得到
- troll something for something He trolled the internet for advice on the disease.他搜索互联网寻求治疗这种病的建议。
- troll for something Both candidates have been trolling for votes.两个候选人一直都在拉票。
[intransitive, transitive] troll (somebody/something) to write false or offensive messages on the internet in order to make other people angry（在网络聊天室、博客等上）发表虚假或侮辱性的言论（以激怒别人），发恶意挑衅的帖子
- Someone keeps posting snide comments on the forum, trolling for a reaction.有人不断在论坛上发表讽刺的评论，寻找回应。
- Someone trolled me every day this week, each time posting the same obnoxious message on my blog.本周每天都有人跟踪我，每次都在我的博客上发布同样令人讨厌的消息。
- It looks like kids are intentionally trolling these blogs and trying to get a reaction from the adults who write them.看起来孩子们是在故意浏览这些博客，并试图从写博客的成年人那里得到反应。
Topics Phones, email and the internetc2

词源verb late Middle English (in the sense ‘stroll, roll’): origin uncertain; compare with Old French troller ‘wander here and there (in search of game)’ and Middle High German trollen ‘stroll’.