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apparition n.鬼；幽灵；幻影 (1) 你好象撞见了鬼似的。(2) 他看见了亡妻的幽灵。(3) 无论我走到哪里,总有一个幻影搅的我六神不安。 Deriving from the Latin apparere "appear," apparition was first used in 1520 in a religious context, referring to the moment when the three wise men appear before the infant Jesus in the Bible. Later, apparition came to include the appearance of ghosts, or ghostly figures. It can also mean a memory so vivid it's like seeing a ghost.

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英 [ˌæpə'rɪʃn] 美 [ˌæpə'rɪʃn] (1) You look as though you've seen an apparition.(2) He saw the apparition of his dead wife.(3) Whenever I go I am faced with an apparition which completely upsets me. If you see something you think might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition to hedge your bets. Apparition doesn't commit you in the same way the word ghost does—and saying that you've seen one won't cause you to be committed. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]幻影；鬼魂；幽灵 An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being.   [FORMAL 正式]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。...these apparitions of the Virgin.圣母显灵

英语单词	apparition
英美音标	英 [ˌæpə'rɪʃn] 美 [ˌæpə'rɪʃn]
中文释义	n.鬼；幽灵；幻影
英语例句	(1) You look as though you've seen an apparition. (2) He saw the apparition of his dead wife. (3) Whenever I go I am faced with an apparition which completely upsets me.
中文例句	(1) 你好象撞见了鬼似的。 (2) 他看见了亡妻的幽灵。 (3) 无论我走到哪里,总有一个幻影搅的我六神不安。
vocabulary简明	If you see something you think might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition to hedge your bets. Apparition doesn't commit you in the same way the word ghost does—and saying that you've seen one won't cause you to be committed.
vocabulary扩展	Deriving from the Latin apparere "appear," apparition was first used in 1520 in a religious context, referring to the moment when the three wise men appear before the infant Jesus in the Bible. Later, apparition came to include the appearance of ghosts, or ghostly figures. It can also mean a memory so vivid it's like seeing a ghost.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]幻影；鬼魂；幽灵 An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. [FORMAL 正式] 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。 ...these apparitions of the Virgin. 圣母显灵

Apparition I 英 ˌæpə'Rɪʃn] 美 ˌæpə'Rɪʃn N.鬼；幽灵；幻影 Dead Wife