| 单词 | ghoul |
| 释义 | ghoul From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishghoulghoul /ɡuːl/ noun [countable]1 ROMan evil spirit in stories that takes bodies from graves (=place in the ground where dead people are buried) and eats them2 BAD PERSONsomeone who gets pleasure from unpleasant things such as accidents that shock other people —ghoulish adjectiveExamples from the Corpusghoul• Reynard questions this repulsive ghoul, with neither hope nor disappointment.• What is this shuffling ghoul you present to me?Origin ghoul (1700-1800) Arabic ghul, from ghala “to seize” |
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