vam·pire
noun/ˈvæmpaɪə(r)/
/ˈvæmpaɪər/
- (in stories) a dead person who leaves their grave (= where they are buried) at night to bite living people and drink their blood
吸血鬼(夜间走出坟墓吸吮活人血的游魂) Oxford Collocations DictionaryVampire is used before these nouns:- bat
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from Hungarian vampir, perhaps from Turkish uber ‘witch’.