"ghoul" in Chinese (Traditional)
食屍鬼鬼怪
Definition
食屍鬼是傳說中會喫屍體的怪物或惡靈,經常出現在恐怖故事中。有時也形容對死亡或恐怖事物異常感興趣的人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「食屍鬼」主要用於恐怖或奇幻語境。形容人時帶有對死亡或恐怖事物異常著迷的貶義,日常生活很少用到。
Examples
The old legend says that a ghoul lives in the cemetery.
老傳說中,墓地裡住著一個**食屍鬼**。
Children are afraid of the ghoul in the dark.
孩子們害怕黑暗中的**食屍鬼**。
A ghoul eats dead bodies in scary stories.
在恐怖故事中,**食屍鬼**喫屍體。
He watches so many horror movies, people joke that he's a ghoul.
他看那麼多恐怖片,大家都開玩笑說他是個**食屍鬼**。
That movie had the creepiest ghoul I've ever seen!
那部電影裡的**食屍鬼**是我見過最嚇人的!
You don't have to act like a ghoul every time we talk about scary things.
每次我們談到可怕的事,你不必每次都像**食屍鬼**一樣。