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

• One evening he had a singular apparition.
  一天傍晚，他遇到一件怪事。
• She claimed to have seen the apparition of her dead husband.
  她声称看到过亡夫的幽灵。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 concept of hallucination emerged to explain experiences like seeing an apparition.
  幻觉的概念越来越多地被用来解释看到幽灵之类的经历。
• 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。
• 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。