吸血鬼 — meaning in English
xī xuè guǐ
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English meaning
- vampire noun A legendary undead creature said to survive by drinking the blood of the living.
Senses
吸血鬼 is used for these senses in English:
- vampire A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living. [from 1732]
- vampire bat Any of the three small bats of the subfamily Desmodontinae, native to Central and South America, which use their teeth to cut the skin of larger animals while they are asleep and surreptitiously drink blood, their sole source of food.
vampire — full definition
- noun A legendary undead creature said to survive by drinking the blood of the living.
- noun A person who drains someone else's time, energy, or resources.