spook
noun[C]
uk/spuːk/us/spuːk/spooknoun[C](SPIRIT)
informalforghost:
鬼,幽灵Thefilmwasdreadful- all spooks andvampires.那部电影很可怕——全是些鬼魂和吸血鬼。
Souls, spirits & ghosts
- apparition
- astral plane
- aura
- chi
- chthonic
- ectoplasm
- ghostly
- incorporeal
- incubus
- necromancer
- necromancy
- Ouija board
- reincarnation
- soul
- spectre
- spirit
- séance
- wight
- wraith
- zombie
spooknoun[C](PERSON)
US
aspy
间谍,密探International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- anti-bug
- counter-espionage
- insider
- intel
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- scout
- shadow
- sleuthing
- snoop
- spy
- spy onsomeone/something
- superspy
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- tradecraft
spook
verb[T]
uk/spuːk/us/spuːk/tofrightenapersonoranimal:
惊吓;吓唬Seeing thepolicecaroutsidethehousereally spooked them.看到房子外面的警车,真把他们下了一大跳。
Frightening and scaring
- chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- dreadful
- flesh
- ghoulish
- jump scare
- makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
- makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
- makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
- scare
- scaresomeoneinto doingsomething
- scaresomeoneshitlessidiom
- scaremongering
- send
- send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- shiver
- the heebie-jeebies