apparition

英 [ˌæpəˈrɪʃn]

美 [ˌæpəˈrɪʃn]

n.  (指人死后的)鬼，鬼魂，幽灵

复数：apparitions　

GRE

BNC.19404 / COCA.12742

牛津词典

noun

• （指人死后的）鬼，鬼魂，幽灵
  a ghost or an image of a person who is dead

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 幻影;鬼魂;幽灵
  Anapparitionis someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being.
  1. The patient recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen.
     病人认出其中一个女的是她曾见过的幽灵。
  2. ...these apparitions of the Virgin.
     圣母显灵

英英释义

noun

• an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
  1. natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
• something existing in perception only
  1. a ghostly apparition at midnight
  Synonym:phantomphantasmphantasmafantasmshadow
• the appearance of a ghostlike figure
  1. I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
• a ghostly appearing figure
  1. we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
  Synonym:phantomphantasmphantasmafantasmspecterspectre

双语例句

• The entire pier, with a collective gasp, drew back at the apparition.
  整座码头，伴随着一片喘息，在幻象中慢慢后退。
• For days this apparition was a drag on her soul before it began to wear partially away.
  这个幽灵般的影子在她的心头萦绕了好多天，才开始逐渐消逝了一些。
• You have not, of course, passed your apparition test, he said.
  “你肯定还没有通过幻影显形的考试吧？”他问。
• The apparition was seen on several occasions and prisoners claimed they had been attacked by a man with glowing eyes.
  后来，更多的人声称看到了这个鬼怪，还有囚犯说他们被一个有着发光眼睛的人袭击了。
• I believe the demonic can appear as an apparition.
  我认为恶魔可以像幽灵一样出现。
• He said in his dream he saw the apparition of his dead wife.
  他说在梦中他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
• Now I stared at this sudden apparition with my eyes fairly starting out of my head in astonishment.
  现在我竟然亲眼看到这突然闪现的鬼魂，震惊之余，大脑开始变得一片空白。
• There is a crackle of apparition behind him, and Harry looks over his shoulder.
  他身后响起啪啦一声，harry越过肩头朝后看去。
• It had been cut off for decades but suddenly was there, like an apparition out of the Prussian past.
  通向那里的交通当时已被切断了好几十年，却突然间就出现了，如同一个来自过去的普鲁士幽灵。
• But strangely, he recalls then holding his own dying figure in his arms, for he had taken over the form of the apparition that was beside him!
  但奇怪的是，他记得当时是他自己抱著自己的尸体，因为他已经附身在身边的另一个鬼魂身上了！