Pied Piper

专有名词
/paɪd ˈpaɪ.pə/   

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a ratcatcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.
  2. The flute-playing ratcatcher who is the protagonist and title character of this story.

词形变化

the Pied Piper canonical

词源

Short for Pied Piper of Hamelin, from pied and piper.
1 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary