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

• She claimed to have seen the apparition of her dead husband.
  她声称看到过亡夫的幽灵。
• 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。
• Dean Corso: I'm the only apparition you'll see tonight.
  迪安科索：我是你今晚能见到的唯一幽灵。
• I believe the demonic can appear as an apparition.
  我认为恶魔可以像幽灵一样出现。
• I am not precisely sure how long I stayed frozen in that position but the next thing I recall is the apparition vanishing before my eyes.
  也不知道我这样不动又过了多久，可接下来那个幻影在我面前却消失了。
• He was visited by an apparition, a girl mysteriously resembling his daughter.
  他被一个幽灵来找他，不可思议地是一个像他女儿的女孩。
• He saw the apparition of his dead wife.
  他看见了亡妻的幽灵。
• 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！
• What was the horse and rider apparition that was seen in Egypt?
  埃及看到的马和骑士幽灵是什么？
• But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.
  这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。