n.可怕的人；(虚构来吓唬小孩的）鬼怪
=bogyman.
The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman. 媒体将他描述成一个左翼魔鬼。
Small children are right to fear the night-- but it is shift- worker, not bogeyman, they shall be worried about. 小孩子害怕晚上是正常的——但是他们应该担心的是上夜班的工人,而不是怪物。
