an imaginary creature that people blame when a machine suddenly stops working (假想的)捣蛋小精灵(机器出故障时人们常归咎于它) They blamed gremlins in the printer for the fact that the work was late. 他们把工作迟到的事实归咎于印刷工人。 What wrong with this program? Looks like the gremlins have been at work again! 这个节目有什么问题?看来格林一家又开始工作了!
Word Origin1940s: perhaps suggested by goblin.