| 单词 | poltergeist |
| 释义 | poltergeist (once / 44771 pages) n When you're home alone at night and hear a mysterious noise from above, it's much more likely to be mice in your attic than a poltergeist, which is a noisy ghost. You've probably come across poltergeists in scary movies and books, and with any luck you won't encounter one in real life. Stories describe them as particularly disruptive ghosts, known for making noise and throwing things around. The roots of the word poltergeist make perfect sense: poltern means "create a disturbance" in German, and geist means "ghost." WORD FAMILYpoltergeist: poltergeists USAGE EXAMPLESProfessional clowns suffered a double whammy in the 1980s with the movies “Poltergeist” and Stephen King’s “It,” both of which featured deranged clowns. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) Madea and her band of grannies encounter poltergeists, ghosts and zombies in a film that's both funny and frightening. Reuters(Oct 19, 2016) There was the menacing clown doll in Poltergeist, Heath Ledger’s scary Joker, Juggalos and so much more. The Guardian(Oct 08, 2016) n a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder Hyper ghost the visible disembodied soul of a dead person |
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