英['pəʊltəɡaɪst]美['poʊltərɡaɪst]
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万物拟声法
词源趣说来自德语Poltergeist，吵闹鬼，发出噪音的鬼，来自poltern，发出噪音，沙沙作响，拟声词，Geist，鬼，词源同ghost，zeitgeist.
noun(名词)
双解例句
noun(名词)
小知识
When you're home alone at night and hear a mysterious noise from above, it's much more likely to be mice in your attic than a poltergeist, which is a noisy ghost.
You've probably come across poltergeists in scary movies and books, and with any luck you won't encounter one in real life. Stories describe them as particularly disruptive ghosts, known for making noise and throwing things around. The roots of the word poltergeist make perfect sense: poltern means “create a disturbance” in German, and geist means “ghost.”