English Dictionary

spook

IPA（発音記号）

/spuːk/

名詞

くだけた表現 俗語 古風 軽蔑的 民族名 差別語 アメリカ英語

(informal) A ghost or phantom. / A hobgoblin. / (informal) A scare or fright. / (espionage, slang) A spy. / (slang, dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.

日本語の意味

幽霊または幻影。 / お化け、妖怪。 / 恐怖、驚かせるもの（怖がらせるもの）。 / スパイ（諜報員）。 / 差別的な表現で、黒人を侮蔑する意味合い。

When the lights went out, a spook drifted across the hallway and chilled us to the bone.

明かりが消えると、幽霊が廊下を漂い、私たちを震え上がらせた。

意味（1）

(informal) A ghost or phantom.

The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.

意味（2）

A hobgoblin.

意味（3）

(informal) A scare or fright.

The big spider gave me a spook.

意味（4）

(espionage, slang) A spy.

From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?

意味（5）

(slang, dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.

Some won't take spooks—hell, don't make no difference to me.

意味（6）

(philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.

He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.

意味（7）

(US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.

Commonly, the surgeons view nonsurgeons with disdain. The most disdain is directed toward the “shrinks” or the “spooks,” as the psychiatrists are called.

意味（8）

(blackjack, slang) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.

spooks （ plural ）