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banshee

/ban-shee, ban-shee/US // ˈbæn ʃi, bænˈʃi //UK // (ˈbænʃiː, bænˈʃiː) //

女妖,人妖,女巫,小妖精

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die.

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Examples

  • There was a man at my screening with the most irritating banshee laugh, which he would unleash at the most base-level moments of humor.

  • When the sheriff-to-be is killed, the man assumes his identity, Lucas Hood, and becomes the new Sheriff of Banshee.

  • The first season of Banshee, meanwhile, was completely outrageous (in a good way).

  • It is probably sometimes the one and sometimes the other; and its origin is very possibly like that of the Banshee.

  • By that time they were down in the servant's pantry where Polly was moaning and groaning and wailing like a banshee.

  • I left the road, circled the house with the turbine screaming like a banshee and the car taking the corners on the outside wheels.

  • The car shuddered, howled like a wounded banshee, and then leaped forward with a roar.

  • "Good old Dog; he's treed the Banshee," and Yan rushed out into the darkness.