banshee

英 [ˈbænʃiː] 美 [ˈbænʃiː]

n.  狺女(爱尔兰传说中预报死讯的女妖)

复数:banshees

BNC.25443 / COCA.27006



牛津词典

noun

  1. 狺女(爱尔兰传说中预报死讯的女妖)
    (in Irish stories) a female spirit who gives a long sad cry as a warning to people that sb in their family is going to die soon

    柯林斯词典

    1. (爱尔兰民间传说中通过哀嚎警告家中将有人死亡的)报丧女妖
      In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.

      双语例句

      1. But why does the sound of a wailing banshee evoke the same response?
        可是为什么鬼哭神嚎也会引发相同的反应呢?
      2. Since the banshee can predict the future, it knows who is going to die beforehand.
        由于女妖能预知未来,因此她也就知道谁马上就要死去了。
      3. Mono applications, like Banshee, detect the platform they are running on at build time.
        像Banshee这样的Mono应用可以在构建期检测其所运行的平台。
      4. A banshee, before I go on, is an Irish myth.
        我马上要讲到的爱尔兰女妖,是个爱尔兰神话。
      5. Now since my grandpa had seen and heard the banshees, I'm beginning to think we may have a banshee in our family.
        既然太姥爷曾经见过也听到过女妖,我就在想也许我家也有一个这样的女妖。
      6. Hijacked a Banshee during the Reach Campaign.
        在致远星战役关卡劫持一架妖姬战机。
      7. Any air-to-air weaponry was deemed unnecessary: the banshee would only hunt ground targets. Thus, it was equipped with powerful air-to-ground cluster rockets.
        因为女妖战机的设计目的是有效打击地面部队,所以将一切空战武器全部撤除,安装火力强大的集束导弹以此换取地面的强大火力支持。
      8. Her memory was vague, so she asked her sister Mary, and Mary reminded her of his banshee incidents back in County Cork Ireland.
        姥姥的记性已经模糊了,于是就问她妹妹玛丽还记不记得类似的事情,玛丽姥姥就想起了太姥爷在科克郡与女妖的那次遭遇。
      9. Banshee keen, I wanted to tell her, they wail and weep, but they never howl.
        我想告诉她,女妖天性敏感,她们会流泪哭泣,但从不嚎叫。
      10. Wind like a banshee got under people's skin.
        风犹如钻入皮肤的女妖。
      11. The third chapter basically around all kinds of men and women the love of the story from the man and woman, female the ghost and man, and the man to analyze a banshee different types of women to men work together.
        第三章主要围绕各类女性与男性的情爱故事,从女仙与男人、女鬼与男人、女妖与男人来分析不同类型的女性对男性的共同作用。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

          Synonym:    banshie