spook /spuːk/ TEM8 ( spooking, spooked, spooks )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A spook is a ghost. 鬼 [非正式]

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A spook is a spy. 间谍 [美国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  ...a U.S. intelligence spook.

  ...一名美国情报间谍。

• 3. 

  V-T If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. 使...吓坏; 使...紧张 [美国英语] [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  But was it the wind that spooked her?

  但是，她是被风吓到的吗？

  例：

  Investors were spooked by slowing economies.

  投资者们因经济增长缓慢而变得紧张。

• 4. 

  spooked ADJ

  例：

  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的奇怪的咔哒声。