errand-ghost

短语

词形变化

errand-ghosts 复数

别名

errand ghost

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel.

    If that was really insulting, please don't be offended. I certainly don't think of you as my errand-ghost. Actually, I think of you as my friend.

  2. 2.

    Any spirit or ghostly messenger.

    引申义

词源

From errand + ghost, a modern calque of Old English ǣrendgāst (“spiritual messenger, angel”).

来源：wiktionary