vampire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/|[ˈvɛ̃ə̯̃m.paɪɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
    — Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.
  2. A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on. colloquial,humorous,usually
    — Near-synonyms: heliophobe, goth
  3. A person with the medical condition porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth. colloquial,offensive
  4. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
  5. A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc. derogatory,figuratively
    — emotional vampire
  6. A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men. dated
    — "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.
  7. A medical technician who works with patients' blood; especially, a phlebotomist. US,slang
    — Only one technician in the hospital lab, in all we have encountered, uses it. […] Eric makes no complaints other than those directed at the vampires. Brenda and I do.
  8. Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one. US,slang
    — Vampire. Vampire. Vampire. Battle stations.
动词 v.
  1. To drain of energy or resources. figuratively,transitive

词形变化

vampires plural vampyre alternative wampyr alternative vampires present,singular,third-person vampiring participle,present vampired participle,past vampired past vampyre alternative wampyr alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
vamp

词源

词源 1
From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of oupire.
词源 2
From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of oupire.
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