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ghoul

n.盗尸者

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名词:ghoulishness 副词:ghoulishly 形容词:ghoulish

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ghoul


/gu:l; ˇul/
n
1 (in stories) spirit that robs graves and feeds on the corpses in them (故事中的)盗墓食尸鬼.
2 (derog 贬) person with an unnaturally strong interest in death, disaster and other unpleasant things 以死亡、灾难等恶事为乐的人
*these ghouls who come and stare at road accidents 来看交通事故惨状引以为乐的好事者.

ghoul


n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Arabic;Origin: ghul, from ghala 'to seize']
an evil spirit in stories that takes bodies from graves (=place in the ground where dead people are buried) and eats them
someone who gets pleasure from unpleasant things such as accidents that shock other people
>ghoulishadj