vampire

vampire

Mort imaginaire qui revient à la vie et boit le sang des vivants.

En anglais simple : An imaginary dead person who returns to life and drinks the blood of living people.

• The story is about a vampire.
• A vampire appeared outside the castle at midnight.
• Do vampires sleep in coffins in this film?

Synonymes : bloodsucker

Expressions courantes : vampire story, vampire bite, vampire film, vampire legend

vampire émotionnel, vampire énergétique

Personne dont les exigences ou le comportement fatiguent les autres et les privent d’énergie.

En anglais simple : Someone whose demands or behavior leave other people feeling tired and without energy.

• That emotional vampire leaves me exhausted.
• He becomes an energy vampire whenever he complains for hours.
• Dealing with social vampires can make ordinary conversations tiring.

Expressions courantes : emotional vampire, energy vampire, social vampire

vampire, sangsue

Personne ou chose qui prend sans cesse l’argent, les ressources ou les forces de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Someone or something that continually takes away another person’s money, resources, or strength.

• That financial vampire keeps asking for loans.
• The faulty app is a battery vampire.
• These resource vampires consume funds intended for essential services.

Synonymes : drain, leech

Expressions courantes : financial vampire, battery vampire, resource vampire

vampire

Personne qui évoque un vampire, par exemple parce qu’elle évite le jour ou a la peau très pâle.

En anglais simple : A person with habits or features associated with blood-drinking creatures, such as avoiding daylight or having very pale skin.

• He jokingly calls himself a vampire because he avoids daylight.
• My sister is a vampire who stays awake all night.
• With such pale skin and nighttime habits, she seems like a vampire.

Synonymes : heliophobe, goth

Expressions courantes : pale vampire, vampire by habit, look like a vampire

vampire, chauve-souris vampire

Petite chauve-souris qui se nourrit du sang d’autres animaux.

En anglais simple : A small flying animal that feeds on blood from other animals.

• The vampire feeds on animal blood.
• A common vampire can bite sleeping cattle.
• Researchers found vampires resting in the cave.

Synonymes : vampire bat

Expressions courantes : common vampire, vampire bat, vampire colony