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单词 dybbuk
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Definition of dybbuk in English:

dybbuk

nounPlural dybbukim, Plural dybbuks ˈdɪbʊkˈdibək
  • (in Jewish folklore) a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person until exorcised.

    恶鬼,附在活人身上的幽灵(犹太民间传说中进入并缠住活人身体的恶毒幽灵,用驱鬼礼才能赶走)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dybbuk spoke out of its hiding place, ‘I'm so glad they're going to die.’
    • Not only his dybbuks and demons but the people themselves belonged not simply to another continent but to another cosmos, a distant century.
    • Ashkenazi legends are a fantastic repository of monsters - not only golems, but dybbuks and demons too.
    • The Jewish dybbuk is the malevolent spirit of a dead person which enters a living one and controls it.

Origin

From Yiddish dibek, from Hebrew dibbūq, from dāḇaq 'cling'.

Definition of dybbuk in US English:

dybbuk

nounˈdibək
  • (in Jewish folklore) a malevolent wandering spirit that enters and possesses the body of a living person until exorcized.

    恶鬼,附在活人身上的幽灵(犹太民间传说中进入并缠住活人身体的恶毒幽灵,用驱鬼礼才能赶走)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Jewish dybbuk is the malevolent spirit of a dead person which enters a living one and controls it.
    • Not only his dybbuks and demons but the people themselves belonged not simply to another continent but to another cosmos, a distant century.
    • The dybbuk spoke out of its hiding place, ‘I'm so glad they're going to die.’
    • Ashkenazi legends are a fantastic repository of monsters - not only golems, but dybbuks and demons too.

Origin

From Yiddish dibek, from Hebrew dibbūq, from dāḇaq ‘cling’.

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