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单词 banshee
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banshee

(bænʃiː)
Word forms: plural banshees
countable noun
In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.

banshee in British English

(ˈbænʃiː, bænˈʃiː)
noun
(in Irish folklore) a female spirit whose wailing warns of impending death
Word origin
C18: from Irish Gaelic bean sídhe, literally: woman of the fairy mound

banshee in American English

(ˈbænʃi) or ˈbanshie (ˈbænʃi)
noun
Celtic Mythology
a female spirit believed to wail outside a house as a warning that a death will occur soon in the family
Word origin
Ir bean sidhe < bean, woman (see gyno-) + sith, fairy

Examples of 'banshee' in a sentence
banshee

The wind was howling between the trees, the sound sometimes rising to a banshee wail, sometimes falling to a moan.
Erskine, Barbara MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE (2002)
Flinging herself on the sofa, wailing like a banshee ,' Maggie laughed.
Sue Welfare FALLEN WOMEN (2002)
Right as we got to the top near the exit door, Maggie let loose a banshee yell and fell backwards down the stairs.
Shell, Ray ICED (2002)
Now he was going to have to pay the price, and the last thing he wanted to hear at eight in the morning was a screaming banshee.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE (2002)
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