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

• 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！
• That pale face and flaming glance appeared to Villefort like a frightful apparition.
  他苍白的脸和那因激动而发红的眼睛在维尔福看来象是一个可怕的幽灵。
• 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。
• 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。
• The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
  这几张脸像幻想般在人群中闪现。
• 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。
• Art is the greatest adventure we are allowed to experience in our brief apparition on the stage of life.
  艺术，是我们在短暂飘渺的人生舞台上所能经历的最伟大的冒险。
• I believe the demonic can appear as an apparition.
  我认为恶魔可以像幽灵一样出现。
• 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。
• 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。