vampire

Các nghĩa

1. ma cà rồng

   A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.

   Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.

   The universal belief is, that a person sucked by a vampyre becomes a vampyre himself, and sucks in his turn.

   I'm a vampire, baby, sucking blood from the earth / Well, I'm a vampire, baby, sell you twenty barrels worth

2. người giống ma cà rồng

   A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on.

   colloquial · humorous · usually

   Near-synonyms: heliophobe, goth

   Somehow I doubt that Kelly will want to go surfing with us — she's such a vampire that she might recoil from the sun, lol!

3. người mắc bệnh porphyria

   A person with the medical condition porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.

   colloquial · offensive

4. dơi hút máu

   A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)

5. kẻ hút máu

   A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.

   derogatory · figuratively

   emotional vampire

   You have to be careful what you tell her, because she's such a vampire for drama.

6. kỹ thuật viên lấy máu

   A medical technician who works with patients' blood; especially, a phlebotomist.

   us · slang

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