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ghost

英[gəʊst]|美[ɡost]
    n.鬼,幽灵;(尤指可怕事物的)记忆;隐约的一点点;(电视屏幕上的)重影
    vt.悄悄地行进
    vi.替人代笔
日语:おばけ 法语:fantôme 德语:Geist 韩语:귀신 俄语:fantasma

牛津词典

noun

  1. 鬼;鬼魂;幽灵
    the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear
    1. Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist) ?
      你相信有鬼吗?
    2. the ghost of her father that had come back to haunt her
      萦绕在她脑际的父亲的幽灵
    3. He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened) .
      他那副样子就像是见到鬼一样。
  2. (尤指可怕事物的)记忆,回忆
    the memory of sth, especially sth bad
    1. The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.
      反犹主义在欧洲阴魂不散。
  3. 隐约的一点点;(某物残留的)一丝,一点
    a very slight amount of sth that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists
    1. There was a ghost of a smile on his face.
      他脸上露出隐隐的一丝微笑。
    2. You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance) .
      你一点儿机会都没有。
  4. (电视屏幕上的)重影
    a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault

    verb

    verb

    1. 无声地行进
      to move without making a sound
      1. They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.
        他们无声地航行在平静的河水上。


    词形变化

    名词复数形式:ghosts 过去式:ghosted 现在分词:ghosting 第三人称单数:ghosts 过去分词:ghosted



    中文词源

    ghost 鬼魂

    来自PIE*gheis, 兴奋,恐惧,臆想,词源同ghastly, zeitgeist.



    双语例句

    1. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.
      以圣父、圣子和圣灵的名义,阿门。
    2. He hit the big time with films such as Ghost and Dirty Dancing.
      他因《人鬼情未了》和《辣身舞》等影片走红。
    3. The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.
      死去的孩子们的幽灵常在该村出没。
    4. The President is using the two visits to lay the ghosts of the Munich Agreement.
      总统正借这两次访问来消除《慕尼黑协定》的阴影。
    5. He gave the ghost of a smile
      他露出一丝微笑。
    6. The sun was warm and there was just a ghost of a breeze from the north-west.
      阳光和煦,仅有一丝西北风轻轻吹拂。
    7. I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail
      我出版了《每日邮报》的女记者为他代笔的自传,写得颇具文采。
    8. I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.
      我为他代写《电讯报》每周的橄榄球专栏。
    9. He doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house.
      那房子他根本不可能卖得出去。
    10. Some firms give up the ghost before they find what they are looking for
      一些公司没等找到目标便已放弃。
    11. The battery in my car gave up the ghost.
      我的汽车电池报废了。
    12. Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
      摩加迪沙2/3的居民已弃城而去,据说已成了一座名副其实的废都。
    13. I suspect she'll be writing it herself; she doesn't need a ghost writer.
      我觉得她会自己动笔;无需他人捉刀。
    14. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.
      据说他的鬼魂经常敲着玩具鼓出没在其中的一些房间里。
    15. They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.
      他们偶然来到一个居住着一位狡诈的淘金者的废墟之城。
    16. He told me the ghost of his father appeared at his bedside.
      他告诉我说他父亲的阴魂出现在他的床边。
    17. He looked as if he had seen a spirit [ ghost].
      他那副样子好像见到鬼了。
    18. The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel.
      据说玛格丽特女士的鬼魂常在这个教堂出没。
    19. In the evening, the death-rattle sounded in his throat, and with a last gasp he gave up the ghost.
      挨到晚上,痰响了一阵,喘息一回,呜呼哀哉,断气身亡。(《儒林外史》)
    20. She dressed herself up as a ghost.
      她把自己打扮成鬼。
    21. He hasn't a ghost of chance of winning.
      他毫无获胜的希望。
    22. He looked so terrified I thought he'd seen a ghost.
      他看上去如此害怕,我以为他看见鬼了。
    23. The talk veered to ghost.
      话题转向谈鬼。
    24. I toid you to ghost me.
      我叫你要结果了我。
    25. It's a ghost that took their child.
      鬼拿走了他们的小孩。
    26. Is he really seeing his father's ghost, or is he simply mad?
      他真的看见了他父亲的鬼魂了吗,或他只是疯了?
    27. I am a ghost.
      我快变成鬼了!
    28. Are you saying you saw a ghost?
      你是说你见到鬼了?
    29. Your portrayal of the Black Knight ghost was inspirational to my brother and me.
      你的关于黑骑士鬼的描述是对我和我兄弟的鼓舞。
    30. Lassoo's a ghost town.
      拉苏现在是个鬼城了。


    语源

    Old English gāst(in the sense spirit, soul), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geestand German Geist. The gh-spelling occurs first in Caxton, probably influenced by Flemish gheest


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