undead

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.
    — In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some unsuspecting teenagers.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not dead; alive. not-comparable,obsolete
  2. Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life. not-comparable
  3. Being animate, though non-living. not-comparable
    — When Anna and John finally break out of their self-centered bubbles to the shock that they must battle to the death an undead neighbor in a giant snowman costume, it plays like a poignant comment on movie teenagers' tendency to indulge their inner lives, ignorant of the world around them.

词形变化

un-dead alternative undead plural undeads plural,rare un-dead alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English undede, equivalent to un- + dead. The first attestation is from around 1400. The term was revived, popularized, and imbued with supernatural connotations by its usage in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897).
词源 2
From Middle English undede, equivalent to un- + dead. The first attestation is from around 1400. The term was revived, popularized, and imbued with supernatural connotations by its usage in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897).
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