单词 | fiend |
释义 | fiendWord family adjectivefiendishfiendlikeadverbfiendishlynounfiendishnessfiend Occultfiend /fiːnd/ noun [countableC] 1 BAD PERSONa very cruel, evil, or violent person 残暴的人,恶人,恶魔般的人 a heartless fiend 狠心残暴的人 Both of them were fighting like fiends. 两人在恶斗。 a sex/rape fiend (=one who commits very unpleasant sex attacks) 色魔 2. television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend ENTHUSIASTICsomeone who likes watching television, doing sports etc a lot, or more than is normal 电视迷/体育迷/爱新鲜空气成癖的人等 SYN fanatic 3. drug/dope/cocaine etc fiend someone who takes a lot of illegal drugs 瘾君子 Examples from the Corpus drug/dope/cocaine etc fiend• It was bad to see him that way, angry and shivering a little like a dope fiend.• We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends. 4. ROan evil spirit 恶魔,魔鬼 Examples from the Corpus fiend• Fiend turned inside out is still a fiend.• Father smiled from ear to ear, and he and I both ate like fiends.• These old people vote like fiends.• The architect must have been an opium fiend.• a sports fiend Old English feond “enemy” |
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