| 单词 | spook |
| 释义 | spook (spuːk ) Word forms: spooks , spooking , spooked 1. countable noun A spook is a ghost. [informal] 2. countable noun A spook is a spy. [US, informal] ...as a U.S. intelligence spook said yesterday. Synonyms: spy, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent 3. verb If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. [mainly US] But was it the wind that spooked her? [VERB noun] Investors were spooked by slowing economies. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: frighten, alarm, scare, terrify spooked adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] He was so spooked that he began to believe he heard strange clicks on the telephone. Collocations: spook investors However, an industry source described the talks as 'lunacy' and said state equity would spook investors and create uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times The uncertainty may spook investors into withdrawing money from the stock market. Times, Sunday Times However, fuel-price increases are running so high that they can spook investors. Times, Sunday Times Anyone thinking that a stern warning like that could spook investors would have been surprised to see housebuilders among the biggest risers. Times, Sunday Times That was one of many worries to coalesce yesterday, spook investors, shatter the fragile calm of the past few days and reignite the rout in global stock markets. Times, Sunday Times |
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