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vampire

vam·pire

vampire

 
 
pronunciation:
vaem paIr
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a creature in folk tales that is said to have died but come back to life. Vampires suck blood from people in order to stay among the living.
吸血鬼
My little brother is too scared to watch movies about vampires biting people.我的小弟弟害怕关于吸血鬼咬人的电影而不敢看。
definition 2: a bat native to Central and South America that feeds on the blood of animals.
吸血蝙蝠
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adjective + (n.)vampire ancient, deadly, evil, fearless, female, like, peculiar, romantic, supernatural, terrific, weekly
verb + (n.)vampire attack, bite, bleed, dispel, dress, hunt, repel, shatter, slay, wan, ward
(n.)vampire + verb bat, burst, dine, drag, haunt, lure, pop, pretend, stake, stalk, suck, tumble, type, unearth
noun + (n.)vampire Help angel, biker, bullet, cannibal, coffin, corpse, cross, ghost, horror, human, infection, interview, mythology, pike, remains, saliva, sand, shadow, stake, sword, theatre, twilight, ward [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: vampiric (adj.), vampirish (adj.)
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