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• 28 days later zombie

語源

An idiomatic use of 28 Days Later + zombie, with the film’s title used attributively to refer to the kind of zombie which features throughout it.

名詞

28 Days Later zombie (複数形 28 Days Later zombies)

1. (informal) A non-traditional zombie, characterised by the retention of the ability to run and implacable aggression.
   • 2011 November 3ʳᵈ (2:52pm), “RT” (user name), alt.battlestar-galactica (Usenet newsgroup), “Cylon-like test mannequin”, Message ID: <4EB2FF14.1851E37D@hotmail.com>

     As recently as 2009, the PETMAN — or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin — was little more than a circuit board connected to hydraulics that terminated in mannequin feet. Now it weighs 180 pounds, looks like the Terminator with the skin burned off, walks much faster than any non-28 Days Later zombie and can do a push-up.

反意語

• (fast, rabid zombie): Night of the Living Dead zombie