ROa femalespirit whose loudcry is believed to be heard when someone is going to die 〔传说会大声号哭以预报凶讯的〕报丧女妖
She was screaming like a banshee.
她像鬼一样地尖叫。
Examples from the Corpus
banshee• He turned back just in time to see something large and black roaring at him like a banshee.• One little girldropped her ice-cream in the excitement of it all and began to howl like a banshee.• You were drunk and howling it out like a banshee.• When she makes love she screams like a banshee, and things are inclined to get knocked over.• Screeching like a banshee, she was.• The train was still inside the tunnel, the wind howling like a madbanshee through the open windows.• With their bansheewails, squallingguitars and nakedaggression, they are baring their souls and they are angry.• Onstage, we rock out like wildbanshees from hell.
Originbanshee
(1600-1700)Scottish Gaelicbean-sith, probably from Old Irishben side“woman of fairyland”