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ghost

UK /ɡəʊst/US /ɡoʊst/

词源

源自古英语 'gāst',意为灵魂或精神,与德语 'Geist' 同源。

noun

❶ 鬼魂,幽灵,指人死后被认为存在的灵魂或精神体。常用于描述超自然现象或恐怖故事中的灵体。

“She claimed to have seen a ghost in the old house.”

(她声称在那栋老房子里看到了一个鬼魂。)

“The ghost of the king is said to haunt the castle.”

(据说国王的鬼魂在城堡里出没。)

❶ 指某事物的微弱痕迹或残留部分,常用于比喻某种几乎消失的存在。

“There was only a ghost of a smile on her face.”

(她的脸上只有一丝淡淡的微笑。)

“The ghost of his former confidence remained.”

(他昔日的自信只剩下一点影子。)

同义词:spirit, phantom, apparition

verb

❶ 指像幽灵一样悄无声息地移动或消失,常用于描述突然或神秘的离开。

“He ghosted out of the party without saying goodbye.”

(他没打招呼就悄悄离开了派对。)

“The cat ghosted through the dark alley.”

(那只猫悄无声息地穿过黑暗的小巷。)

同义词:disappear, vanish, fade

常见短语

give up the ghost — 指机器或设备停止工作,或比喻某人放弃努力或生命。

“My old laptop finally gave up the ghost after years of use.”

(用了多年后,我的旧笔记本电脑终于彻底坏了。)

ghost town — 指被遗弃或几乎无人居住的城镇,常用于形容荒凉的地方。

“The mining town became a ghost town after the gold rush ended.”

(淘金热结束后,这座矿业小镇变成了鬼城。)