| 单词 | vampire |
| 释义 | vampire —vampiric /vam pir"ik/, vampirish /vam"puyeur ish/, adj. /vam"puyeur/, n. 1. a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night. 2. (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned. 3. a person who preys ruthlessly upon others; extortionist. 4. a woman who unscrupulously exploits, ruins, or degrades the men she seduces. 5. an actress noted for her roles as an unscrupulous seductress: the vampires of the silent movies. [1725-35; ( < F) < G Vampir < Serbo-Croatian vàmpir, alter. of earlier upir (by confusion with doublets such as vàzduh, ùzduh air ( < Slavic vu-), and with intrusive nasal, as in dùbrava, dumbràva grove); akin to Czech upír, Pol upiór, ORuss upyri, upiri, (Russ upýr') < Slavic *u-piri or *o-piri, prob. a deverbal compound with *per- fly, rush (literal meaning variously interpreted)] |
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