按《现代汉语词典》,“鬼”字有多种解释,其中之一为:“迷信的人所说人死后的灵魂”,还有形容为“不可告人的打算或勾当”、称“有不良嗜好或行为的人(含厌恶意)”……
由“鬼”派生而成的一些常用词和成语,在英文中并不是一一对应的,往往一个词可以有多种表达方式,其实严格起来还是有细微区别的。我们汉语比较严谨,任何外国语实在没法精确地、正确地全部替代汉文哦。
鬼dirtytrick;ghost;jumby;spook;spirit
鬼胎 sinister design;ulterior motive
鬼火 elffire;fenfire;friar'slantern;jack-o'-lantern;wildfire
鬼子 devil
鬼魂 soul
鬼混 fool around
鬼神 ghosts andgods;spirits;supernatural beings
鬼话lie;deceptive remark;nonsense;outright lies
鬼节spiritfestival
鬼才 wizard
鬼脸 grimace;mop;wry face
鬼怪 apparition;spirit
鬼 点 子wicked idea;trick;andevilishly clever idea
鬼 把 戏 sinister plot;dirty trick
鬼 门 关the gate ofhell;dangerspot;a tryingmoment;the jaws ofdeath
鬼头鬼脑furtive;stealthy;thiovish
鬼哭狼嚎 wolfcreek;brotherhood of thewolf;underworld;rise of the lycans
鬼迷心窍bepossessed
鬼斧神工 the wonderfulness of the nature;the hand that acts;divine inspiration;
the work ofdeity
鬼鬼祟祟sneaking;furtive;stealthy;lurk and sneak around like a ghost;
be furtive in one'smovements;be up to some hanky-panky;
act secretively;like a thief in the night; in a very sneaky way;
with a hangdog expression;surreptitious
鬼使神差doings of ghosts andgods; unexpectedhappenings;
a curiouscoincidence; messengers of the gods andspirits;
at the behest ofsupernatural p owers