(in stories) an evil spirit that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them （传说中的）盗墓食尸鬼 - (disapproving)
a person who is too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disaster 对凶残之事兴趣浓厚的人
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Arabic ġūl, a desert demon believed to rob graves and devour corpses.