zombie
英 ['zɒmbɪ]
美 ['zɑmbi]
中文詞源
zombie 僵屍來自西非某語言，原義為蛇神，後用以指僵屍。
英文詞源
- zombie
- zombie: [19] Zombie was originally the name of a snake-god in the voodoo cult of West Africa, and later of the Caribbean, and it comes from a West African language (it is related to Kongo nzambi ‘god’ and zumbi ‘fetish’). It was later applied to a reanimated corpse in the voodoo cult, and a ghoulish sense of humour transferred the English word in the 1930s to a ‘catatonically slow-witted person’.
- zombie (n.)
- 1871, of West African origin (compare Kikongo zumbi "fetish;" Kimbundu nzambi "god"), originally the name of a snake god, later with meaning "reanimated corpse" in voodoo cult. But perhaps also from Louisiana creole word meaning "phantom, ghost," from Spanish sombra "shade, ghost." Sense "slow-witted person" is recorded from 1936.
雙語例句
- 1. Without sleep you will become a zombie at work.
- 不睡覺的話，工作起來會變得反應遲鈍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I didn't want to do anything, I just sat at home and vegetated. I became a total zombie.
- 我什麽也不想做，就是呆坐在家裏，過著百無聊賴的生活。我完全變成了行屍走肉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. His nights filled with dreams, his days with work - just like a zombie.
- 把夜裏的事交給夢,白天的事交給手腳, 他仿佛是個能幹活的死人.
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
- 4. He looked like a zombie the morning after he went out drinking.
- 在他外出喝酒後的次日早晨,他看起來了無生氣像一個僵屍.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Hollake was everything that the Efficient Zombie wasn't.
- 霍雷克就不同了,不論在哪一點上,他都是講求效率的蠢才的反麵.
來自辭典例句