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词汇 halfling
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Definition of halfling in English:

halfling

nounˈhɑːflɪŋˈhæflɪŋ
  • 1(originally in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien) a member of an imaginary race of small people.

    Bilbo Baggins lived until age 131, making him the second oldest halfling of all time
  • 2(in fantasy fiction) a being who is the offspring of a human and a member of another race.

    sometimes Ana wondered whether he might be a halfling like her, with a human father and elf mother
  • 3Scottish archaic A person who is not yet fully grown.

    in this service he remained until he was nineteen, still serving in the capacity of halfling, with only a halfling's fee

Origin

Mid 17th century: from half + -ling.

Definition of halfling in US English:

halfling

nounˈhæflɪŋˈhafliNG
  • 1(originally in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien) a member of an imaginary race of small people.

    Bilbo Baggins lived until age 131, making him the second oldest halfling of all time
  • 2(in fantasy fiction) a being who is the offspring of a human and a member of another race.

    sometimes Ana wondered whether he might be a halfling like her, with a human father and elf mother
  • 3Scottish archaic A person who is not yet fully grown.

    in this service he remained until he was nineteen, still serving in the capacity of halfling, with only a halfling's fee

Origin

Mid 17th century: from half + -ling.

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