vampire
noun /ˈvæmpaɪə(r)/
/ˈvæmpaɪər/
- (in stories
) a dead person who leaves their grave (= where they are buried) at night to bite living people and drink their blood传说 吸血鬼(夜间走出坟墓吸吮活人血的游魂) Collocations DictionaryVampire is used before these nouns:- bat
词源mid 18th cent.: from French, from Hungarian vampir, perhaps from Turkish uber ‘witch’.