vampire

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vam·pire /ˈvæmpaɪə $ -paɪr/ noun [countable]  RFin stories, a dead person that sucks people’s blood by biting their necks 吸血鬼

Examples from the Corpus

vampire• Everyone knows that, who knows anything about vampires.• What bloodsucking vampire owns me now?• It needs very little provocation to start Shelley off on such topics, or Albé either - he particularly enjoys vampire stories.• Oh, we can turn people into vampires, it's an easy technique, but what would be the point?• Your husband invited vampires into the country, did he?• Carlos Castro, head of Pisco's main hospital, said pregnant women fear the vampire will reincarnate in their babies.• No mercy for the vampire, eh?Origin vampire (1700-1800) French German vampir, from Serbo-Croat, perhaps from Turkish uber “witch”

vam·pire nounChineseSyllable  

person stories, in Corpus people’s that dead a sucks

vampire
vam‧pire /ˈvæmpaɪə $ -paɪr/ noun [countable]in stories, a dead person that sucks people’s blood by biting their necks

vam·pireBrE /ˈvæmpaɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvæmpaɪər/ 🔊 noun(in stories 传说) a dead person who leaves his or her grave at night to suck the blood of living people 吸血鬼（夜间走出坟墓吸吮活人血的游魂）