- 1陰森森的、毛毛的、令人發毛的；也常用在「太巧了，有點毛」那種巧合。台灣口語的「有夠陰」「毛毛的」很接近
Spooky means strange and a little in the way that makes you think of ghosts. Empty houses, mist, a corridor where a light flickers, a doll that seems to be watching you — spooky. Two things are always in it: something is not quite right, and there is a hint of the supernatural, of the dead or of things that shouldn't move. It is a mild, friendly word. Spooky fear is the fun kind, the kind you buy a ticket for. A horror film is ; the Halloween decorations at a school are spooky. If you said a war was spooky it would sound wrong, almost rude, because the word carries a little enjoyment inside it. The other big use is for coincidences: when two things match so exactly that it feels arranged, English speakers say "that's spooky" — "I was just thinking of you and you rang. Spooky." No ghost is meant; they mean the world felt strange for a second. This second use is extremely common in everyday speech, more common than the ghost one. It is informal, so keep it for talking and for casual writing.
From the word’s history
From spook + -y.
由 spook（鬼魂）加 -y 組成。
組成spook + -y. A spook is a ghost — an older, more casual word for one — and -y means "having this quality", so spooky is "ghosty". Spook came into English from Dutch spook, meaning ghost.
同家族的字
- spookthe root: a ghost, and the verb meaning to frighten
- spookedsame spook: a spooked horse is one that got frightened
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
spookyadj/ˈspuːki/
- 1
informalEerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
- 2
informalSpooked; afraid; frightened.
- I thought it was nice, though I found it very quiet, and whenever I was alone in it, I felt spooky.
- 3
informalUnpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).
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