spook

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A spook is a ghost. 鬼[非正式]
2. N-COUNT A spook is a spy. 間諜[美國英語] [非正式]
...a U.S. intelligence spook. ...一名美國情報間諜。
3. V-T If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. 使...嚇壞; 使...緊張[美國英語] [v-link ADJ]
But was it the wind that spooked her?
但是，她是被風嚇到的嗎？
Investors were spooked by slowing economies. 投資者們因經濟增長緩慢而變得緊張。
4. spookedADJ
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，以至於也開始相信自己聽到了他們的電話發出的奇怪的哢噠聲。