| 释义 |
‖ hantu|ˈhæntuː|
[Malay.]
An evil spirit, a ghost.
1821J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals vi. 54 He saw a hantu, or spectre. 1839T. J. Newbold Straits of Malacca II. xii. 191 The Hantu Ribut is the storm fiend that howls in the blast. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic iv. 101 Hantu and sheitan are generic terms for evil spirits, the former being the Malay term. Ibid. 103 The Hantu Kubor (Grave Demons) are the spirits of the dead, who are believed to prey upon the living. 1927H. M. Tomlinson Gallions Reach xxx. 239 They tell me this land is full of hantus, things that ought not to be about; souls now stowed safely away in Gehenna. 1959Listener 8 Oct. 579/3 The spirits, or hantus, as they were called in Maly, were not always of human beings. 1962Times 30 June 10/6 There was the hantu that brings the lightning. |