muggle
['mʌgl]
n.
•麻瓜(Muggle);
在系列书中;
泛指没有魔法能力的一般人。哈利波特和巫术学院的学生和老师们属于魔法世界;
而波特的阿姨一家人就是所谓的麻瓜。他们的心灵习染了世俗成规的理性;
例句:
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Witches and wizards are closer to Nature than their Muggle counterparts.
女巫和男巫们比他们的麻瓜伙计们都要更接近自然.
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They manage to put the Muggle money back into circulation.
他们设法使麻瓜钱币重新流通.
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Rubeus Hagrid : A great Muggle like you is going to stop him?
弗农·德思礼: 他不能去.
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I'm sure that in private they still call it what they did before: The Muggle Wobble-Bottom Cataclysm.
来自THETIMES
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Though it was possible to imagine Ron Weasley, Harry's friend, embracing a Muggle existence, Harry, as a character, can't.
来自NEWYORKER