zombie
noun /ˈzɒmbi/
/ˈzɑːmbi/
- (in some African and Caribbean religions and in horror stories) a dead body that has been made alive again by magic
（某些非洲和加勒比地区的宗教及恐怖故事中靠巫术起死回生的）僵尸 - (informal) a person who seems only partly alive, without any feeling or interest in what is happening
无生气的人；麻木迟钝的人
词源early 19th cent.: of West African origin; compare with Kikongo (a language spoken in central Africa) zumbi ‘fetish’.