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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ap·pa·ri·tion \\ˌa-pə-ˈri-shən\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English apparicioun, from Anglo-French aparicion, from Late Latin apparition-, apparitio appearance, from Latin apparēre
DATE 15th century
1. a. an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon b. a ghostly figure2. the act of becoming visible : appearance • ap·pa·ri·tion·al \\-ˈrish-nəl, -ˈri-shə-n əl\\ adjective
apparition 1520s, from Anglo-Fr. aparicion, from O.Fr
http://O.Fr . apparition, used in reference to the Epiphany (revealing of Christ child to the Wise Men), from L.L. apparitionem ( nom. apparitio) "an appearance," also "attendants," in classical Latin "service, servants," from pp. stem of apparere "appear" (see appear). Meaning "ghost" first recorded c.1600.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 apparitionap·par·ition / 7ApE5riFn / noun a ghost or an image of a person who is dead (指人死后的)鬼,鬼魂,幽灵
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ap·pa·ri·tion\ˌapəˈrishən\ noun( -s) Etymology: Middle English apparicioun, from Late Latin apparition-, apparitio appearance, epiphany (translation of Greek epiphaneia), from Latin apparitus (past participle of apparēre to appear) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at appear 1. a. : someone or something unusual or unexpected that appears : phenomenon < Shakespeare is an apparition as genius forever is — W.L.Sullivan > b. : a supernatural appearance : ghost , phantom , specter < was never allowed to hear of a goblin or apparition or scarcely to be told of bad men — Charles Lamb >2. a. : the act of becoming visible : appearance < I was recalled to the present by the apparition of my adversary riding his pony toward me — R.H.Davis > b. (1) : the first appearance of a planet, comet, star, or other luminary after being invisible or obscured (2) : the period during which such a body is visible 3. obsolete : semblance , aspect 4. usually capitalized, obsolete : epiphany
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