spook
寝食不安
definition
verb
they spooked a couple of grizzly bears
frighten; unnerve.
noun
Judge Steve Evans takes on these unspooky spooks and non-existent ghosts - and he doesn't mind one bit.
a ghost.
a CIA spook
a spy.
example
They said that he only came out at night to eat cats and squirrels, and he was the local 'spook' .
Upon returning to the U.S., Williams hears from a friend, an ex-Pentagon 'spook' named Ken Ritz.
He's a joy as the completely amoral 'spook' who suddenly finds himself sliding out of his depth in a vortex of shifting loyalties.
Even if he gives Congress such evidence in the next few weeks, how intelligent was it to 'spook' all our allies first and then drag out the evidence?
A lip-reading 'spook' may be following an outdoor conversation through binoculars.
The results were good enough to 'spook' the competition.
A horror story's got to 'spook' you and intrigue you.
When the original pilot for The Dating Game goes nowhere, he is recruited by a CIA 'spook' and sent to Mexico to make his first kill.
a CIA 'spook'
The Pentagon vigorously opposes that recommendation, but even a rookie 'spook' can figure out that big changes are in the air.
he'll 'spook' if we make any noise
Oh, yeah a stupid Xmas 'spook' shows up to complete the episode's main purpose.
a CIA 'spook'
Don't let the undeniably spooky DVD box art fool you: That toothy 'spook' only appears a few times and not in any sort of pervasive or effective manner.
Urban myths are the stuff of nightmares; the stories people tell to 'spook' each other, such as the two lovers in a remote lane, at a time when an escaped mental patient is on the loose.
I wouldn't let them operate or give me a shot until a 'spook' from our Embassy in Mexico City came down and stayed with me day and night in the bed next to me for four days.
But it is a policy that must be pursued on the quiet so as not to 'spook' the country's growing legion of foreign creditors.
Perhaps at an even slower pace, with more stunning images and settings, this movie would really 'spook' .
Lillard is psychic, which means he can find a 'spook' if it gets out, except, when it comes to it, he can't.
Burke hooks Clayton in by suggesting that his father, who died under mysterious circumstances 10 years earlier, may actually have been a CIA 'spook' as well.
he'll 'spook' if we make any noise
In their flower-powered custom van, the Mystery Machine, this teenage detective agency prowls the countryside in search of suspicious 'spooks' and phony phantoms.
Detective Harris, to what do I owe the pleasure of you 'spooking' my friends away?
As the end credits rolled I thought to myself, ‘Hey, where the heck are the 'spooks' ?’
Last year it ran into problems with regulators and the tax authorities, temporarily 'spooking' investors.
I really did want to write about crime, espionage, and politics, from the position that all 'spooks' have got to be bad guys.
And in hopes of 'spooking' overseas investors, the union is making the case that the sale might be illegal under Taiwan's constitution.
‘The 'spooks' and their uniformed agencies are both part of a smokescreen to divert attention from the real culprits,’ he said.
In this one, the team helps Walter Catlett and his daughters oust the 'spooks' who are haunting the old house they've inherited, which is right next door to a nightclub.
Judge Steve Evans takes on these unspooky 'spooks' and non-existent ghosts - and he doesn't mind one bit.
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