把這個身影套到活人身上
這一家不是新的怪物，而是同一個姿勢換了主角。英文把「湊向死亡」這個畫面拿來形容真實的人，字面的怪物就變成了一句指控——先是真的去挖墳的人，再來是站在別人慘事旁邊看得起勁的人。
noun · C1
A real person who opens graves and takes what is inside — sometimes the things buried with the body, sometimes the body itself.
盜墓者
核心畫面
A figure crouching over an open grave at night. It has pulled the earth back, and instead of running from what is inside, it leans closer. Every use of ghoul keeps that one posture: something that should horrify you, and someone bending toward it.
ghoul 可以想成半夜墳場裡的那個身影：土已經被扒開了，棺材露了出來，而那個身影非但沒有逃走，反而湊得更近。整個字…更多收起
ghoul 可以想成半夜墳場裡的那個身影：土已經被扒開了，棺材露了出來，而那個身影非但沒有逃走，反而湊得更近。整個字的力量都在這個姿勢上——眼前是最該讓人退開的東西，牠卻靠過去。後面幾個用法，其實都是把這個姿勢搬到不同的人身上。From the word’s history
Borrowed into English from French goule, from Persian ghul, from Arabic ghul — the name of a demon that preyed on travellers in the desert.
這個字是借來的：先從阿拉伯文的 ḡūl，經波斯文 ġul 和法文 goule 才進入英文。原本指的是沙漠裡會害旅人的妖怪。所以它一進英文就帶著「怪物」的身分，後來才被拿來說人。
Wiktionary entry for ghoul (kaikki extract supplied in this packet): Borrowed from French goule, from Persian ghul, from Arabic ghul.
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noun · B2
In stories, films and games, a ghoul is an evil spirit that opens graves, takes out the dead bodies, and eats them.
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