regarded debt collectors as vampires who made a living from the misery of others
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, borrowed from German Vampir, borrowed from Serbian vampir
Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google翻譯 ^_^: Translate en To zh-TW vampire --------- 吸血鬼
0_0: Translations of vampire
# n. 吸血鬼: bloodsucker, leech, vampire
0_0: Definitions of vampire
# noun. - a corpse supposed, in European folklore, to leave its grave at night to drink the blood of the living by biting their necks with long pointed canine teeth. - a small bat that feeds on the blood of mammals or birds using its two sharp incisor teeth and anticoagulant saliva, found mainly in tropical America.