a spook
spook 作可数名词,单数前常用不定冠词 a。
The children said a spook was living in the attic.
孩子们说阁楼里住着一个妖怪。
鬼怪;幽灵
spooks — plural of spook
形而上的显现;人为的区分或建构;妖怪;形而上学的表现;人为的区分或构造;鬼
a ghost or hobgoblin
妖怪
A hobgoblin.
形而上学的表现;人为的区分或构造
A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
The old house was said to be haunted by a spook that appeared only at midnight.
据说那栋老房子里有鬼怪,只在午夜出现。
用法提示:spook 在此作名词,指鬼怪或幽灵。
When the power went out, my little brother kept asking if a spook was hiding in the closet.
停电的时候,我弟弟一直问是不是有鬼怪藏在衣柜里。
用法提示:spook 为可数名词,表示吓人的幽灵。
The campfire story about a spook in the woods made everyone too scared to sleep.
那个关于树林里有鬼怪的篝火故事吓得大家都不敢睡觉。
用法提示:spook 作名词,指故事中虚构的鬼怪。
spook 作可数名词,单数前常用不定冠词 a。
The children said a spook was living in the attic.
孩子们说阁楼里住着一个妖怪。
复数形式为 spooks,可作主语或宾语。
Old stories about spooks frightened the villagers.
关于鬼怪的古老故事让村民们感到害怕。
表示“害怕鬼怪”时,spooks 用作介词 of 的宾语。
She is afraid of spooks and refuses to walk past the graveyard.
她害怕鬼怪,不肯走过墓地。
grammar · medium
易错句子The old house is full of spook.
正确表达The old house is full of spooks.
spook 是可数名词,表示泛指或数量多时要用复数形式 spooks;汉语名词没有单复数变化,学习者容易漏掉词尾的 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子She said she saw spook in the mirror.
正确表达She said she saw a spook in the mirror.
spook 是可数名词,单数形式作宾语时必须有冠词或其他限定词;汉语说“看见鬼”不加冠词,但英语中单数可数名词不能单独裸用,所以需加 a。
ghost 指死者的鬼魂;spook 指妖怪或鬼怪,不指死者亡魂。
goblin 指民间传说中具体的小妖精或哥布林;spook 指妖怪或鬼怪,所指的超自然生物类型不同。
specter(英式拼作 spectre)指幽灵或恐怖幻影;spook 指妖怪或鬼怪,二者不是同一类超自然存在。
spook + -y
spook + -ed
spooky + -ness
spooky + -ly
spook + house
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