boggart

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost) alt-of,alternative
    — OH! Maeſter—ſtrange things late I've ſeen— / And oft has boggart-haunted been ! / I'm ſure I's falt when ſtory's-tauld, / 'Till blude run aw' through veins ſo cauld !
  2. A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
    — "A boogeyman," I said. "Sometimes known as a boggle or a boggart. It's a weak form of phobophage - a fear-eater, mostly insubstantial."

词形变化

boggarts plural

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Boggart on Harry Potter Wiki

词源

As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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