单词 | banshie |
释义 | banshie (once / 984943 pages) n WORD FAMILY banshie USAGE EXAMPLESSeveral families of the Highlands of Scotland anciently laid claim to the distinction of an attendant spirit who performed the office of the Irish banshie. Scott, Walter, Sir, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraf...(2010) This is a rare case of an Italian Banshie. Lang, Andrew, Cock Lane and Common-Sense(2010) Call them not shams—from haunted Glamis To haunted Woodhouselea, I mark in hosts the grisly ghosts I hear the fell Banshie! Lang, Andrew, Ban and Arriere Ban(2010) n (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death Syn|Hyper banshee disembodied spirit, spirit any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
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