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ghoul

/gool/US // gul //UK // (ɡuːl) //

尸鬼,食尸鬼,尸魔,幽灵

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
    • : a grave robber.
    • : a person who revels in what is revolting.

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Examples

  • Alma grows frantic when she spots three of the pointy-toothed ghouls outside her window.

  • Sometimes it feels as if jump-scare-loving ghouls have settled into my sock drawer and under my desk, and I have no way of knowing when they’ll choose to pop out.

  • The king and queen are the highest-ranking of the “alpha” class of zombies—a smarter, more organized, more nightmarish strain than your average ghoul—and one of the movie’s most striking innovations.

  • The month comes to a close with Halloween, a spooky, scary time when the nation is haunted by a relentless onslaught of political attack ads in which basically every candidate for public office is depicted as a hideous, bloodsucking ghoul.

  • All Hallows’ Eve — where any guy, ghoul, or being from the Necronomicon can escape the spooky zone — is the source of my freaky Friday experiment I wish to share with you all.

  • King Joffrey Baratheon ingesting poison and transforming into a bloodied ghoul during the Purple Wedding.

  • The ghoul that keeps Putin awake at night is a Ukrainian Cossack.

  • In Arabic legend, a ghoul is a creature that eats both stolen corpses and children.

  • He may have meant no more than Emerson, who pictured ill health as a ghoul preying on the heart and life of its victims.

  • The moonlight made Smith's sallow, disfigured face so much more ghastly than usual, that he had the air of a ghoul or vampyre.

  • Standing straight, protect us by thy splendor from evil; burn down every ghoul.

  • Of both portions Jennet and Ellen partook, and would have had Grace join them in the ghoul-like repast, but she refused.

  • It will cause a woman to fall in love with a ghoul, not to speak of one so tall and handsome as Raymond Lulli.