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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Vanish in dark, the empty apparition!
  消失在黑暗之中吧，空虚的幻影！
• 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。
• 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！
• The little prince, who was present at the first appearance of a huge bud, felt at once that some sort of miraculous apparition must emerge from it.
  小王子一看到这棵苗上长出一个巨大的花蕾，就马上感到这个蓓蕾中一定会出现某种奇迹。
• 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。