| 单词 | spook |
| 释义 | spook[ spook ] / spuk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spook ON THESAURUS.COM nounverb (used with object)to haunt; inhabit or appear in or to as a ghost or specter. Informal. to frighten; scare. verb (used without object)Informal. to become frightened or scared: The fish spooked at any disturbance in the pool. Origin of spookAn Americanism first recorded in 1795–1805; from Dutch; cognate with German Spuk usage note for spookWhen referring to a black person, the term spook dates back to the 1940s. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as highly insulting. Black pilots who trained at Tuskegee Institute during World War II were called the Spookwaffe. Some sources say that black pilots reclaimed this derogatory nickname as a self-referential term of pride. OTHER WORDS FROM spookspook·er·y, nounspookish, adjectiveWords nearby spookspontaneous version, spontoon, spoof, spoofery, spoofing, spook, spooky, spool, spoom, spoon, spoon back Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spook
British Dictionary definitions for spookspook / (spuːk) informal / nouna ghost or a person suggestive of this US and Canadian a spy Southern African slang any pale or colourless alcoholic spiritspook and diesel verb (tr) US and Canadianto frightento spook horses; to spook a person (of a ghost) to haunt Derived forms of spookspookish, adjectiveWord Origin for spookC19: Dutch spook, from Middle Low German spōk ghost Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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