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zombie

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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zom·bie /ˈzɒmbi $ ˈzɑːm-/ noun [countable]  1 informalSLOW someone who moves very slowly and does not seem to be thinking about what they are doing, especially because they are very tired 〔尤指因极度疲劳而〕行动迟缓的人,无精打采的人 I walked around like a zombie for most of the day. 我一天大部分时间里走到哪儿都无精打采的。2. ROMRRa dead person whose body is made to move by magic, according to some African and Caribbean religions 〔非洲和加勒比地区一些宗教中的〕还魂尸,僵尸,行尸3. (also zombie machine/computer) a computer that someone has secretly gained control of and uses to do things such as send spam (=unwanted emails sent to a large number of people) 僵尸(计算机)〔被某人暗中控制用来滥发垃圾邮件等的计算机〕
Examples from the Corpus
zombieThe old man disappeared out the door, a zombie come and gone.One turns into a zombie in such circumstances.I got into the van and drove home like a zombie.You're like a zombie, to tell the truth.Vologsky was like a zombie, existing on the outermost fringe of sentient life.Only a zombie would risk a child's health by refusing to bend a rule.I put up the antenna the zombie watched me from behind his clutter of uncovered food.Or were they zombie bodies, specially bred and conditioned, and thus essentially unhuman?
Origin zombie (1800-1900) Kimbundu nzumbi spirit of a dead person
zom·bie nounChineseSyllable
slowly and very moves Corpus someone to seem who not does


zombie
zombie /ˈzɒmbi $ ˈzɑːm-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Kimbundu
 Origin: nzumbi 'spirit of a dead person'
1. informal someone who moves very slowly and does not seem to be thinking about what they are doing, especially because they are very tired:
    I walked around like a zombie for most of the day.
2. a dead person whose body is made to move by magic, according to some African and Caribbean religions
3. (also zombie machine/computer) a computer that someone has secretly gained control of and uses to do things such as send spam (=unwanted emails sent to a large number of people)


zom·bieBrE /ˈzɒmbi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈzɑːmbi/ 🔊 noun(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(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