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demon
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural demons
plural demons
Learner's definition of DEMON
[count]
1
: an evil spirit恶魔；魔鬼
- angels and demons [=devils]天使与魔鬼
2
informal : a person who has a lot of energy or enthusiasm精力充沛的人；热情饱满的人 — see also speed demon
- She is a demon for work. = She works like a demon. [=she works very hard]她是个工作狂。
3
: something that causes a person to have a lot of trouble or unhappiness恶习；邪恶的东西 — usually plural通常用复数
- She spent her whole life battling the demons of drug and alcohol addiction.她用一生的时光在同毒瘾和酒瘾抗争。
- He finally was able to face the demons from his unhappy childhood.他终于能够面对不幸童年给他留下的问题了。
- his inner demons他内心的邪念
variants or daemon
plural demons or daemons
3
usually daemon, mythology : a supernatural being whose nature is intermediate between that of a god and that of a human being
Example Sentences
only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit
Recent Examples on the Web Tim Burton’s strange sensibility comes to life on stage in this musical about a quirky teenager who befriends a pair of friendly ghosts who’ve hired a demon to scare off the family that’s moved into their old house. 
Joey Morona, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 Eleven and Max are part of an unstoppable crew out to save the world from a brain-melting demon,. Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 In 1990, Gaiman partnered with famed writer Terry Pratchett for Good Omens, about an angel and demon who reluctantly team up to stop the apocalypse. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2022 The film told the story of a young girl possessed by a demon and the priest tasked with exorcising the evil presence from her body. Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2022 In Demonschool, the human and demon worlds intersect in a visual way, where one is 2D and the world of the fantastic springs to life in 3D. Wired, 16 July 2022 Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, and Aasif Mandvi will return as demon detectives Kristen Bouchard, David Acosta, and Ben Shakir in Evil Season 3. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 12 June 2022 What the demon’s question points out is that life’s goods and its bads relate not as either/or but as both/and. Andrew Stark, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 As the demon they’re forced to think like a supernatural predator, doing everything possible to kill the other players. Wired, 10 July 2022 See More
Joey Morona, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022 Eleven and Max are part of an unstoppable crew out to save the world from a brain-melting demon,. Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022 In 1990, Gaiman partnered with famed writer Terry Pratchett for Good Omens, about an angel and demon who reluctantly team up to stop the apocalypse. Milan Polk, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2022 The film told the story of a young girl possessed by a demon and the priest tasked with exorcising the evil presence from her body. Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2022 In Demonschool, the human and demon worlds intersect in a visual way, where one is 2D and the world of the fantastic springs to life in 3D. Wired, 16 July 2022 Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, and Aasif Mandvi will return as demon detectives Kristen Bouchard, David Acosta, and Ben Shakir in Evil Season 3. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 12 June 2022 What the demon’s question points out is that life’s goods and its bads relate not as either/or but as both/and. Andrew Stark, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 As the demon they’re forced to think like a supernatural predator, doing everything possible to kill the other players. Wired, 10 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, "evil spirit," borrowed from Late Latin daemōn "evil spirit, pagan deity, idol," going back to Latin, "supernatural being, spirit intermediate between humans and gods," borrowed from Greek daimon-, daímōn "superhuman power, variably evil or beneficent, intervening in human affairs, fate" (Homeric), "personal spirit, bringing luck or ill, that accompanies an individual," "spirit intermediate between humans and gods" (Plato), "evil spirit" (New Testament), probably from dai-, stem of daíomai, daíesthai "to divide, allocate" + -mōn, deverbal noun and adjective suffix — more at tide entry 1
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of demon was before the 12th century Phrases Containing demon
noun
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