demon

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evil supernatural being.; An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
    — So what does the Gospel of Judas really say? It says that Judas is a specific demon called the "Thirteenth." In certain Gnostic traditions, this is the given name of the king of demons - an entity known as Ialdabaoth who lives in the 13th realm above the earth. Judas is his human alter ego, his undercover agent in the world. These Gnostics equated Ialdabaoth with the Hebrew Yahweh, whom they saw as a jealous and wrathful deity and an opponent of the supreme God whom Jesus came to earth to reveal. Whoever wrote the Gospel of Judas was a harsh critic of mainstream Christianity and its rituals. Because Judas is a demon working for Ialdabaoth, the author believed, when Judas sacrifices Jesus he does so to the demons, not to the supreme God. This mocks mainstream Christians' belief in the atoning value of Jesus' death and in the effectiveness of the Eucharist.
  2. Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity. abbreviation,acronym,alt-of
  3. Alternative spelling of daemon. alt-of,alternative
  4. An evil supernatural being.; A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. historical
  5. An evil supernatural being.; A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
  6. An evil supernatural being.; A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
    — The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
  7. An evil supernatural being.; A person's fears or anxieties. in-plural
    — After a short spell on an adult psychiatric ward, she decided to find her own way to deal with her demons.
  8. A neutral supernatural being.; A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
    — Oh Anthony […] Thy Dæmon that thy spirit which keepes thee, is Noble, Couragious, high vnmatchable.
  9. A neutral supernatural being.; A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do. Greek
  10. A neutral supernatural being.; A supernatural being not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity.
  11. A neutral supernatural being.; A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
    — Let the orders now be that each demon is to stop all molecules from crossing his area in either direction except 100 coming from A, arbitrarily chosen to be let pass into B, and a greater number, having among them less energy but equal momentum, to cross from B to A.
  12. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
    — He’s a demon at the card tables.
  13. A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
    — ‘That's much the best feeling to have.’ She dealt out the first row of ‘demon’.
  14. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.

词形变化

demons plural daimon alternative daemon alternative dæmon alternative demons plural demons plural daemon alternative dæmon alternative

词汇关系

近义词
genius tutelary deity barghest bogie bogeyman boggard bogle cacodemon daeva devil evil genius fiend flibbertigibbet ghoul goblin imp kobold nis spook troll
上位词
creature monster spirit See Thesaurus:spirit
下位词
Maxwell's demon Ahriman Belial Devil dragon Fury harpy incubus lamia larva loup-garou Moloch nix nixie Satan succuba succubus Titan vampire werewolf
衍生词
bedemon confront one's demons dedemonization demonagogue demon catshark demon core Demoncrat demon dialing demon duck of doom demoness demonette demon face syndrome demon hunter demon-hunter demonic demonical demonify demonisation demonise demonish demonism demonist demonize demonkin demonkind demonless demonlike demonlore demonocracy demonography demonolatory demonology demonomachy demonomancy demonomaniac demonomist demonopathy Demonrat demonship demonslayer demonspawn face one's demons fur demon half-demon Laplace's demon like a demon nasal demon nondemon restricted demon semen demon she-demon speed demon
相关词
agathodemon antidemonic archdemon cacodemon counterdemonic demonagogue Demon core demon dialing demoness demonette demonhood demoniacally demoniac demoniacal demonianism demonian demonically demonic demonical demonifuge demonify demonish demonism demonist demonization demonize demonkin demonkind demonlike demonlore demonly demonocracy demonographer demonography demonolater demonolatry demonology demonomagy demonomancy demonomania demonomaniac demonomist demonomy demonopathy demonophobia demonry demonship eudemon half-demon Maxwell's demon nasal demon speed demon

词源

词源 1
From Middle English demon, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Displaced native Old English sċucca and Old English þyrs. Doublet of daimon.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English distinct electron motion
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbonbf.
English -on
English demon
From distinct electron motion + -on.
词源 3
From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym.
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