spook

美 [spuːk]英 [spuːk]
  • n.间谍;鬼;特工
  • v.吓;惊吓;受惊

复数: spooks 过去式: spooked 现在分词: spooking 过去分词: spooked 第三人称单数: spooks

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noun

1


a ghost

a castle haunted by spooks

闹鬼的城堡

2

间谍;特工
a spy

a CIA spook

中央情报局特工

verb

informal especially NAmE吓;惊吓;受惊
to frighten a person or an animal; to become frightened

We were spooked by the strange noises and lights.

那奇怪的声音和亮光把我们吓坏了。

The horse spooked at the siren.

警报器一响,马受惊了。

spook

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 鬼魂;幽灵
    A spook is a ghost.

  • 2
    N-COUNT 间谍
    A spook is a spy.

    ...as a US intelligence spook said yesterday.

    据昨天一位美国情报员所说…

  • 3
    VERB 使受到惊吓;使神经紧张
    If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous.

    But was it the wind that spooked her?...

    但会是风吓到她了吗?

  • He was so spooked that he, too, began to believe that he heard strange clicks and noises on their telephones.

    他太害怕了,以至于也开始相信自己听到了他们的电话发出奇怪的咔哒声响。

noun

1
a mental representation of some haunting experience
he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
Synonym: ghost shade wraith specter spectre
2
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Synonym: creep weirdo weirdie weirdy

verb

1
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
The noise spooked the horse

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  1. Spook ( ghost ) writers are planted and recruited in politics , the media etc.

    鬼(幽灵)作家被政治家,媒体等所栽培并征募。

  2. Put your spook hats on .

    把你们的鬼帽子戴上。

  3. We were spooked by the strange noises and lights .

    那奇怪的声音和亮光把我们吓坏了。

  4. The horse spooked at the siren .

    警报器一响,马受惊了。

  5. But was it the wind that spooked her ?

    但会是风吓到她了吗?

  6. Investors were spooked by slowing economies .

    经济增长速度的放慢让投资者神经紧张。

  7. Don 't let the repoter spook you , and you have to behave urbanely .

    别让记者缠住你,而你还得举止文雅

  8. Or he might get spooked and call the whole thing off .

    他也有可能被吓到,然后叫停袭击

  9. Decided to close up early . People were pretty spooked .

    决定早点关门大家都吓坏了

  10. So clearly higher interest rates are not spooking the economy .

    由此可见,利率上升并没有延缓经济发展。

  11. This development spooked everyone last week and helped prompt the action .

    这种发展形势上周吓到了所有人,推动了行动的步伐。

  12. Few appeared spooked by the dramatic market activity of recent months .

    似乎没有人被近几个月剧烈的市场动荡吓倒。

  13. This isn 't the first time the devices have spooked their owners .

    这不是第一次智能设备吓坏主人。

  14. Really ? Thought the vigilante spooked her pretty well last time .

    真的吗,我以为上次绿箭侠把她吓得不轻啊

  15. Hopefully the debt market will not spook the stock market any time soon .

    希望债券市场不会很快令股票市场受到惊吓。

  16. That phone call last night really spooked me .

    昨晚那个电话真把我吓坏了。

  17. He 's got every officer in this place spooked .

    每一个同事他都要恐吓一番。

  18. I was spooked when I was left in a big house .

    讲到这,就不能不顺便提一下英文「鬼屋」的讲法,可不是。

  19. But don doesn 't want to risk spooking anybody yet .

    但是唐还不想吓着谁。

  20. At night , he would creep out of the house like a spook .

    夜间,他常常像幽灵一般地从家里偷偷地出来。

  21. But , second , China is becoming more relaxed about spooking foreign investors .

    不过,第二,中国对外国投资者受惊显得并不重视。

  22. The presentation spooked many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors .

    这次演示说明吓坏了硅谷的许多企业家和投资人。

  23. Meanwhile , Asia never really developed a huge phantom banking system to spook the real one .

    与此同时,亚洲从未真正发展出一个令真实银行体系感到惊恐的巨大幽灵银行系统。

  24. Fears of another drop into recession for the world economy spooked investors across the region .

    对世界经济或再次疲软的担忧引发了这一区域投资者的恐慌。

  25. A month-long stock market rout plus weak manufacturing performance has spooked Beijing .

    长达一个月的股市暴跌以及疲弱的制造业表现令中国政府感到恐慌。

  26. My muse may spook ! May bolt ! May abandon me completely !

    我的女神也许会受惊,也许会脱缰,也许会彻底抛弃我!

  27. We weren 't scared a bit , @ said spook .

    “我们一点都不怕,”斯布克说。

  28. Even top secret spooks get paid .

    就是最高级的间谍也得领工资。

  29. Why don 't you go inside , spook ? @ said aaron .

    “你为什么不进去看个究竟,斯布克?”亚伦说。

  30. Some say he 's been at sea too long , that he spooks easily .

    有的说他在海上太久了,就像个幽灵一样灵活。