spook

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n. 幽灵, 鬼 vt. 惊吓, 鬼怪般地出没 vi. 惊吓而逃窜, 受惊

发音

AU /spuːk/
US /spʊk/

词形变化

spooks 复数 spooks spooked spooking spooks 三单 spooking 现在分词 spooked 过去式 spooked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A ghost or phantom.

    非正式

    The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.

  2. 2.

    A hobgoblin.

  3. 3.

    A scare or fright.

    非正式

    The big spider gave me a spook.

  4. 4.

    An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.

    俚语 政治 军事
  5. 5.

    A black person.

    黑鬼

    过时 冒犯 俚语
  6. 6.

    A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.

    哲学
  7. 7.

    A psychiatrist.

    美国 俚语 医学
  8. 8.

    A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.

    俚语 游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).

    及物

    The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.

  2. 2.

    To become frightened (by something startling).

    不及物

    The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.

  3. 3.

    To haunt.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 9

ghost creep shade weirdo wraith specter spectre weirdie weirdy

上位词 6

shadow phantom apparition phantasm fantasm phantasma
动词

上位词 4

scare frighten fright affright

相关短语

spook out

词源

Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”).

来源：wiktionary