spook

英 [spuːk] 美 [spuːk]

• n. 幽灵；间谍
• vt. 鬼怪般出没；吓唬；惊吓；代写

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

2. a mental representation of some haunting experience;

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"
   "it aroused specters from his past"
   

Verb:

1. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action;

   "The noise spooked the horse"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Are you afraid of spooks?
   你怕不怕鬼?
2. I just learned that my father had been a spook for years.
   我刚刚才得知我父亲多年来一直是个间谍。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Something in the bushes spooked her horse.
   矮树林里有东西惊了她的马。
2. Someone like you won't spook me.
   像你这样的人吓唬不了我。
3. The drop, say analysts, was enough to spook an already nervous market.
   这种跌落，分析师认为，足以在已经很紧张的市场引起恐慌。
4. I can spook a letter for you, if necessary.
   如果有必要，我可以代你写封信的。

经典引文

• The ghost of the highwayman..spooks Flora with regular visitations.

  出自：Publishers Weekly

近反义词

【近义词】

• ghost 幽灵
• phantom 幻影
• apparition 鬼
• specter 幽灵
• spirit 精神
• frighten 使惊吓
• shade 阴影
• wraith 鬼魂
• spectre 鬼怪
• startle （使）吃惊
• surprise 惊奇
• shock 震惊
• alarm 警报
• agitate 煽动
• disturb 扰乱
• spy 间谍
• sleuth <口>侦探
• snoop 窥探者
• mole 痣
• double agent (为敌对双方服务的)双重...
• creep 蹑手蹑脚地走...
• weirdy 古怪的人
• weirdo 古怪的人
• weirdie <口>古怪的人...