baku

FREQ #37913

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.

    宗教 神话 哲学

    2005, David Booth, Story Drama, 2nd edition, Pembroke Publishers, page 49, The creature explained that he was a baku. A baku eats dreams and nightmares. To a baku, a bad dream is delicious!

    2008, "Baku", entry in Brenda Rosen, The Mythical Creatures Bible, Octopus Publishing Group, page 113, A person awakening from a nightmare should call three times saying, "Baku, eat my dreams." Thus summoned, the Baku will turn bad omens into good fortune by devouring evil influences.

词源

Borrowed from Japanese 獏 (“spirit that feeds on nightmares”).

来源：wiktionary