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vam·pire AHD[vămʹpīr'] D.J.[ˈvæmˌpaɪə]K.K.[ˈvæmˌpaɪr]n.(名词)- A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people.吸血鬼:据说是复活的尸体,夜间会复活并离开坟墓去吸睡眠者的血
- A person, such as an extortionist, who preys upon others.敲诈勒索者,无情掠夺别人的人
- A vampire bat.吸血蝙蝠
- French 法语
- from German Vampir 源自 德语 Vampir
- [of Slavic origin] [来自斯拉夫语]
vampirʹic AHD[văm-pĭrʹĭk] 或 vam·pirʹi·cal [-ĭ-kəl] 或 vamʹpir'ish [-ĭsh] (形容词)注释- Dracula might terrify some younger members in the audience of a horror film,but we know he is an imaginary creature.The wordvampire, however, comes to us from other words and other times, when these bloodsucking reanimated corpses were considered real. The word entered English by way of French (vampire ) and German ( Vampir ), but it came into German from an Old West Slavic source of the form.vŭmpir. The wordvampire is first recorded in English in a work written before 1734. 德拉库拉可能会吓住恐怖电影的年轻观众们,但是我们知道他是个想象中的怪物。但是当这些吸血的复活尸体被认为是真的时,vampire 这个词却来自其它的词和其它时间。 这个词是从法语(vampire )和德语( Vampir )中被引进英语来的, 但它是从古西斯拉夫语中以vumpir 的形式被引进到德语中来的。 Vampire 这个词在英语中首先以文字形式出现,是在创作于公元1734年以前的作品当中
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