zombie: [19] Zombie was originally the name of a snake-god in the voodoo cult of West Africa, and later of the Caribbean, and it comes from a West African language (it is related to Kongo nzambi ‘god’ and zumbi ‘fetish’). It was later applied to a reanimated corpse in the voodoo cult, and a ghoulish sense of humour transferred the English word in the 1930s to a ‘catatonically slow-witted person’.
1871, of West African origin (compare Kikongo zumbi "fetish;" Kimbundu nzambi "god"), originally the name of a snake god, later with meaning "reanimated corpse" in voodoo cult. But perhaps also from Louisiana creole word meaning "phantom, ghost," from Spanish sombra "shade, ghost." Sense "slow-witted person" is recorded from 1936.
双语例句
1. Without sleep you will become a zombie at work.
不睡觉的话，工作起来会变得反应迟钝。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I didn't want to do anything, I just sat at home and vegetated. I became a total zombie.
我什么也不想做，就是呆坐在家里，过着百无聊赖的生活。我完全变成了行尸走肉。
来自柯林斯例句
3. His nights filled with dreams, his days with work - just like a zombie.
把夜里的事交给梦,白天的事交给手脚, 他仿佛是个能干活的死人.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
4. He looked like a zombie the morning after he went out drinking.
在他外出喝酒后的次日早晨,他看起来了无生气像一个僵尸.
来自辞典例句
5. Hollake was everything that the Efficient Zombie wasn't.
