| 单词 | fiend |
| 释义 | fiend (once / 624 pages) 1n 2n A fiend is a person or monster who has evil plans in their mind. They may try to steal your soul, or perhaps just want to hurt your feelings. Either way, fiends never mean you well. The Old English root word for fiend translates to “an enemy, the devil, a demon”: three cruel characters that would delight in causing you harm. Watch out for fiends like them. A less wicked type of fiend is one who loves something so much that it’s scary, like a sugar-addicted jelly bean fiend, or a snowboarding fiend. Fiend is a good example of the “i before e except after c” rule, so follow that and you’ll always spell it right. WORD FAMILYfiend: fiendish, fiends+/fiendish: fiendishly USAGE EXAMPLESNo word in high school for that, because to be a fiend is to be beyond shame. The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) In this story, Moriarty formulates an elaborate jewel heist requiring — the ingenious fiend! — “six dwarfs, a bald man with a stoop, and an airship.” Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) He plays the underdog to a T, bumbling, put upon, kicking his heels in the streets as these fiends enjoy his central heating. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) 1 1n an evil supernatural being Syn|Hypo|Hyper daemon, daimon, demon, devil incubus a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women succuba, succubusa female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men dibbuk, dybbuk(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior evil spirit a spirit tending to cause harm 2n a cruel wicked and inhuman person 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper demon, devil, monster, ogre demoniac someone who acts as if possessed by a demon disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable n a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) Syn|Hyper fanatic enthusiast, partisan, partizan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
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