Spook : 유령, 귀신, (특히 미국)스파이, 첩자, 겁먹게하다, 겁먹다
Spooky : 으스스한, 귀신이 나올 것 같은
1)
a spook is a ghost
a spook, a ghost, a spectre, a wraith
and from that you can have adjective spooky, so the haunted house was really spooky
it's really spooly place, it's eerie
spooky sounds, eerie sounds
2)
Americans use this word a spook, to talk about a spy
it;s a slang word for a spy
In British English, I would use the world a spy rather than a spook
3)
to spook as a verb, to frighten
to make nervous
the investors in the stock market were spooked by increasing in interest rates
the horse was spooked by a loud noise
when you you go fishing you need to be very careful, not to spook the fish, not to make a lots of noise
if you spook somebody, you frighten them
there was a loud bang which spooked me
the rabbit spooked and ran off
to make frightened
to scare
to startle
particularly into violent activity
the herd of cows spooked and started stampeding
the people were spooked by the bad news
be frightened, be alarmed, be scared, be terrified
he was so spooked that he jumped at the slightest sound
there were a couple of phesants hidden in the undergrowth and as I walked past I spooked them
the news spooked investors and the stock market fell
to creep out
I was spooked by the ghost story
don't be get so spooked
Formality : 4 for a spook as a ghost
Formality : 3 for a spook as a spy
Formality : 4 for to spook as to frighten
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