banshee
/bænˈʃiː/noun
- (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house（爱尔兰传说中以哀嚎通知家中有人死亡的）女鬼：
the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee
那个小女孩掉落冰淇淋后开始像女鬼似的号叫起来
as modifier a horrible banshee wail.恐怖的女鬼般的哀号。
词源
late 17th cent.: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde 'woman of the fairies'.