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daemon

/dee-muhn/US // ˈdi mən //UK // (ˈdiːmən) //

守护进程,守护程序,守护神,守护者

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Classical Mythology. a god.a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
    • : a demon.

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Examples

  • Everyone has a companion daemon in the form of an animal—part of their spirit that resides outside the body—and Lyra's is named Pantalaimon.

  • Daemon by Daniel Suarez “One of the only works of fiction I've read in years… a terrific bit of sci-fi.”

  • The Daemon of procrastination has at length yielded to the Genius of Friendship, assisted indeed by the powers of fear and shame.

  • Suddenly the moment had come when the daemon wakes and begins to range.

  • Daemon ab insidiis vulpeculae est similis, T. breides, stratagems, tricks; comp.

  • So that a man was to understand by Daemon, as well (sometimes) an Ague, as a Divell.

  • If they were already in the fangs of the daemon, their torments could neither be aggravated nor assuaged by human industry.