(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
Word Originnoun 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’.