demon
/ˈdiː.mən/ 名词 B2中文： 邪魔、邪神、魔鬼、恶魔
- An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
- A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
- A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
- A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw. · The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
- A person's fears or anxieties.
- A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
- A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
- A supernatural being not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity.
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“And it is I, Raksha [The Demon], who answers.
He had almost forgotten the days when he won Mother Wolf in fair fight from five other wolves, when she ran in the Pack and was not called The Demon for compliment’s sake.
He was tractable enough, though his son was a perfect demon, ready to blow out his own or anybody else’s brains if he could have got to his revolver.
“I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which could not possibly be any animal known to science.
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