| 释义 |
jumbie /ˈdʒʌmbi /noun West IndianA spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one.There are folk beliefs in jumbies (ghosts, spirits)....- In Creole culture, evil spirits are known as jumbies, and it was hard to imagine three better examples than the government's main mouthpieces.
- And why should our architects continue to fight over the restoration and preservation of a turn-of-the-century wooden building on Riverside Road, which only jumbies use?
Origin From Kikongo zumbi 'fetish'. |