| 单词 | demon |
| 释义 | Word Frequency demon(ˈdiːmən) noun 1. an evil spirit or devil 2. a person, habit, obsession, etc, thought of as evil, cruel, or persistently tormenting 3. Also called: daemon, daimon an attendant or ministering spirit; genius the demon of inspiration 4. a. a person who is extremely skilful in, energetic at, or devoted to a given activity, esp a sport a demon at cycling b. (as modifier) a demon cyclist 5. a variant spelling of daemon (sense 1) 6. Australian and New Zealand informal, archaic a detective or police officer 7. computing a part of a computer program, such as a help facility, that can run in the background behind the current task or application, and which will only begin to work when certain conditions are met or when it is specifically invoked Word origin C15: from Latin daemōn evil spirit, spirit, from Greek daimōn spirit, deity, fate; see daemon |
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