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de·mon /ˈdimən/
惡棍,惡魔,妖怪,精力過人的人
De·mon n.
1. Gr. Antiq. A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written dæmon.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
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demon
n 1: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
belief [syn: devil, fiend, daemon, daimon]
2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
devil, ogre]
3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a
demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"