1.RFan evilspirit, especially in children’s imagination or stories 〔尤指孩子想象中的或故事中的〕鬼怪,怪物
2someone who people think is evil or unpleasant 坏蛋
Manson was and remains America’s number one bogeyman.
曼森从过去到现在都是美国的头号坏蛋。
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bogeyman• But it helps to expiate our imagined sins if we have a bogeyman to hand, a Drug Baron.• Strange, he hadn't seemed the type to be scared of bogeymen.• Also known as a boogeyman or bogeyman, one can only have an effect if its victim pays heed to it.• The other Chris Woodhead revelled in his mediarole as the teachers' bogeyman.• The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching.• He's the bogeyman of the NorthShore.• It was in 1924 and the Labourprimeminister, Ramsay MacDonald, was the bogeyman.