banshee

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n. （爱尔兰和苏格兰传说中）预告死亡的女妖精

发音

US /bænˈʃiː/

词形变化

banshees 复数 banshees

别名

ben-shie banshie benshee

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

    报丧女妖

    丧门神

    丧门星

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 艺术 媒体
  2. 2.

    A noisy or ill-tempered woman.

    贬义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

banshie

上位词 1

spirit

词源

Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.

来源：wiktionary