revenant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɛvənənt/    美 /ˈɹɛvənənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who returns from a long absence.
    — They would not visit this undesirable revenant with his insolent wealth and discreditable origin.
  2. A person or thing reborn.
    — Sometimes […] semi-identifications could be made on the basis of names. Henry VII's son Arthur was hailed as a revenant in this way.
  3. A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
    — For granting even that Religion were dead; that it had died, half-centuries ago, with unutterable Dubois; or emigrated lately, to Alsace, with Necklace-Cardinal Rohan; or that it now walked as goblin revenant with Bishop Talleyrand of Autun; yet does not the Shadow of Religion, the Cant of Religion, still linger?
形容词 adj.
  1. Returning.
    — On clear nights when the moon was full, she waited for its shining revenant ghost.

词形变化

revenants plural more revenant comparative most revenant superlative

词源

词源 1
19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.
词源 2
19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.
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