demon

1 “No, no. It a ...” I fumbled for the right word in the demon language, but all I could come up with was, “a dragonee dragon.”

2 For half a second, the two demons were a blur of slashing claws and fangs.

3 “But what about THEM?” cried the terrified bug, for at that very instant the other demons had reached the top at last and were leaping forward to seize them.

4 I saw monsters patrolling the upper decks of the ship—dracaenas snake-women, hellhounds, giants, and the humanoid seal- demons known as telkhines—but we zipped by so fast, none of them raised the alarm.

5 Looking at his smile, I felt as if here at last in the city of the demons, I had found my true father, and more—a friend and a guide.

6 I have to face my demons, and I can’t do that from a cabin hidden in the woods.

7 He saw that demons made sport of us and killed us and ate our bodies.

8 This was a word that came in handy on the days when you hated white people like Mr. Best—the Tule Lake director—or Mr. Taylor, both of whom sometimes seemed like demons who smiled.

9 Encanis screamed, because he knew that even demons can die from fire or iron.

10 The whole greenhouse came to life as vines tangled poxies, gigantic Venus flytraps gulped down demons, and trees swatted the waves of flies filling the air.

11 “The demons call it an upright piano,” Father said.

12 Some were simply standing, confused, others panicked and ran to the church, hoping to find shelter in the tall stone building or the huge iron wheel that hung there, promising them safety from demons.

13 The demon meant to give him something.

这个魔鬼打算给他一些东西。

14 You're an incomplete being as well. Both demon and human blood mingle in your veins.

你也是一个不完整的存在, 你的体内混杂着恶魔和人类的血.

15 Each time a demon disintegrated, Percy felt a heavier sense of dread as another curse settled on him.

16 The pair of demons slipped out to follow a well-dressed young couple who were strolling idly down the street, arm in arm.

17 And off he went, trying to exorcise the demon of football.

18 She's been a saint to us, yet you make her out to be a demon.

她对我们那么好, 简直是个圣人,而你却把她说成魔鬼.

19 Most demons thought that the Wrights were humbugs.

20 The real historical puzzle, we might think, is not this eighteenth-century loss of belief in witches and demons, but the progressive re-enchantment of the world in the nineteenth century.

1 令人烦恼的事物

a sorepoint

2 精力充沛的人

devil powerhouse fireball dynamo live wire goer

3 恶鬼

cacodaemon daemon goblin ghoul cacodemon

4 凶恶

demoniac dark evil fierce satanic ferocious felon heinous atrocious villainous hellish ruffian felonious truculent hagged atrocity blackness villainy

5 调皮鬼

devil

6 狂乱的

demoniac frenetic inordinate frenzied delirious cross-eyed corybantic phrenetic

7 恶人

monster devil wicked cunt Shaitan cacodemon fiend

8 天才

divine phenom wizard genius bent prodigy

9 恶魔

demonian demonic diabolic demoniacally devil daemon fiend Belial Asmodeus devildom cloot afreet Prince of Darkness the Evil One monster cacodemon Mephistopheles diabolical nick duende Old Harry devilish bugaboo Frankenstein hell-hound evil brimstony satanic fiendish demoniac cloven-hoofed power hell genius satan harry cain lucifer beelzebub belial deil hellhound ragman asmodeus Old Nick spirit enemy scratch ghost puck serpent Satan deuce Beelzebub Apollyon Eblis mester Mahound Iblis the man of sin the old gentleman

10 令人扫兴的事物

anticlimax

11 恶意

spite hatred venom spleen malice animus

12 坏蛋

bad lot devil bastard badass rascal baddy

13 神灵

power god

14 着了魔的

demoniac possessed

15 恶棍

heel villain thug scoundrel miscreant ruffian blackguard varlet whoreson larrikin scamp mobster heavy devil rogue mug crook rascal trickster knave reprobate hoodlum scallywag scapegrace rascally coistrel coistril tough coyote bandit gangster scab hellion toughie bucko rapscallion toughy limmer spalpeen mugg skellum rascallion skeesicks gaol-bird gangsterdom plug ugly shit-heel shit-hook hempy companion bully pimp felon bruiser baddie such-and-such blighter Shylock lobo bezonian jaboney

16 恶魔的

demoniac diabolic

17 邪恶

evil vice darkness bale malignancy ill turpitude improbity

18 化身

reincarnate image picture soul avatar incarnation embodiment reincarnation personification

19 高手

superior shark fool wizard fiend whiz dab hand top gun expert adept supremo whizz hotshot

20 恶习

vice

21 狂乱

demoniac frenetic inordinate frenzied delirious cross-eyed corybantic phrenetic deliration frenzy delirium

22 警官

constabulary law blue officer cop roller superintendent policeman bluebird peeler fink gumshoe bluebottle azul rozzer alguacil flattie jemadar the boys in blue

23 邪神

devil idol daemon Baal

24 穷凶极恶的人

monster fiend gallows bird

25 守护神

familiar angel genius familiar angel familiar spirit Patron saints patronal patron palladium numen geniusloci guardian deity numinous lares gnome tutelary daimon eudaemon

26 警察

man law force police bill busy copper pig cop jack Constable filth bogey peeler constabulary askari bluebottle walloper rozzer boys in blue the thin blue line

27 劲头十足的人

tiger

28 捣蛋鬼

hellion monkey rogue brat trickster

29 恶灵

demonian demonic

30 狂人

crazy lunatic maniac nutjob fruit loop

31 侦探

detective lyam-hound man eye plant brain busy trap devil bull jack spy dick operative stag John snowshoe ferret spook snoop bogey spotter bloodhound Richard pinkie fink plainclothesman perdu intelligencer tec spier hawkshaw deek spyer slewfoot

32 迷

-itis head fan flip enthusiast freak buff bum junkie devotee fiend filbert lose

33 精灵

angel elf hob eidolon

34 魔鬼

satanic diabolic mephistophelean devil fiend Satan tempter adversary hobgoblin Shaitan afreet jab jab Prince of Darkness serpent genie deuce lucifer Mephistopheles flibbertigibbet erlking the Serpent fallen angel the Evil One the Father of Lies demonic Frankenstein Belial devilry arch-enemy Old Nick the Prince of Darkness daemon Lucifer the devil

35 凶恶的

demoniac dark evil fierce satanic ferocious felon heinous atrocious villainous hellish ruffian felonious truculent hagged

36 鬼

spiritual spectral ghostly ghosty presence shadow ghost devil haunt larva apparition spook wraith ahriman waff fantasm

37 能手

master artist wizard ace adept whizz kahuna -meister

38 刑警

detective stag hawkshaw deek skull-buster