| 词汇 | bogeyman |
| 释义 | bogeymanWord family nounbogyismbogybogymanbogeyman Folklore bo·gey·man /ˈbəʊɡimæn $ ˈboʊ-/ noun (plural bogeymen /-men/) [countableC] 1. RFan evil spirit, especially in children’s imagination or stories 〔尤指孩子想象中的或故事中的〕鬼怪，怪物 2 someone who people think is evil or unpleasant 坏蛋 Manson was and remains America’s number one bogeyman. 曼森从过去到现在都是美国的头号坏蛋。 Examples from the Corpus bogeyman• But it helps to expiate our imagined sins if we have a bogeyman to hand, a Drug Baron.• Strange, he hadn't seemed the type to be scared of bogeymen.• Also known as a boogeyman or bogeyman, one can only have an effect if its victim pays heed to it.• The other Chris Woodhead revelled in his media role as the teachers' bogeyman.• The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching.• He's the bogeyman of the North Shore.• It was in 1924 and the Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, was the bogeyman. |
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