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ghost

/gohst/US // goʊst //UK // (ɡəʊst) //

幽灵,阴魂不散,魂魄,幽冥

Related Words

phantom幻影,幻象,幽灵,幻像devil魔鬼,恶魔,妖怪,妖魔demon恶魔,妖魔,妖怪,魔鬼soul灵魂,魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾specter幽灵,阴影,荧光剂,画面vision愿景,视觉,视野,视力vampire吸血鬼,吸血,僵尸,殭尸apparition幽灵,幻影,幻觉,幻象revenant报仇者,复仇者,报仇人,报复者appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计haunt困扰,闹事,困扰人们的问题,困扰人们的是visitor游客,访客,访问者,来访者shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异poltergeist捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣乱分子,恶灵phantasm幻觉,幻象,幻影,幻境wraith巫师,裹尸布,缠绕,缠绕物daemon守护进程,守护程序,守护神,守护者manes鬃毛,马内斯,马鬃,马内

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
    • : a mere shadow or semblance; a trace: He's a ghost of his former self.
    • : a remote possibility: He hasn't a ghost of a chance.
    • : a spiritual being.
    • : the principle of life; soul; spirit.
    • : Informal. ghostwriter.
    • : a secondary image, especially one appearing on a television screen as a white shadow, caused by poor or double reception or by a defect in the receiver.
    • : Also called ghost im·age [gohst-im-ij] /ˈgoʊst ˌɪm ɪdʒ/ .Photography. a faint secondary or out-of-focus image in a photographic print or negative resulting from reflections within the camera lens.
    • : an oral word game in which each player in rotation adds a letter to those supplied by preceding players, the object being to avoid ending a word.
    • : Optics. a series of false spectral lines produced by a diffraction grating with unevenly spaced lines.
    • : Metalworking. a streak appearing on a freshly machined piece of steel containing impurities.
    • : a red blood cell having no hemoglobin.
    • : a fictitious employee, business, etc., fabricated especially for the purpose of manipulating funds or avoiding taxes: Investigation showed a payroll full of ghosts.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to ghostwrite.
    • : to haunt.
    • : Engraving. to lighten the background of before engraving.
    • : Informal. to suddenly end all contact with without explanation, especially in a romantic relationship:The guy I’ve been dating ghosted me.to leave suddenly without saying goodbye:My friend ghosted my birthday party.
    • : Digital Technology. to remove from a website or online forum without informing the poster, keeping them hidden from the public but still visible to the poster.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to ghostwrite.
    • : to go about or move like a ghost.
    • : to move when there is no perceptible wind.
    • : to pay people for work not performed, especially as a way of manipulating funds.
    • : Informal. to suddenly end all contact with a person without explanation, especially in a romantic relationship:They dated for a month and then she ghosted.to leave a social event or gathering suddenly without saying goodbye:I'm getting tired so I think I might just ghost.
    • : Digital Technology. to remove comments, threads, or other digital content from a website or online forum without informing the poster, keeping them hidden from the public but still visible to the poster.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud: We were making contributions to a ghost company.

Phrases

  • ghost town
  • Chinaman's (ghost of a) chance
  • give up the ghost

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounspirit of the dead
Forms: ghosts
Synonyms
demon恶魔,妖魔,妖怪,魔鬼devil魔鬼,恶魔,妖怪,妖魔phantom幻影,幻象,幽灵,幻像shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾soul灵魂,魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处specter幽灵,阴影,荧光剂,画面vampire吸血鬼,吸血,僵尸,殭尸vision愿景,视觉,视野,视力apparition幽灵,幻影,幻觉,幻象appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计banshee女妖,人妖,女巫,小妖精daemon守护进程,守护程序,守护神,守护者haunt困扰,闹事,困扰人们的问题,困扰人们的是kelpie海带,海猫,海带鱼,海带犬manes鬃毛,马内斯,马鬃,马内phantasm幻觉,幻象,幻影,幻境poltergeist捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣乱分子,恶灵revenant报仇者,复仇者,报仇人,报复者shade阴影,遮遮掩掩,阴凉处,遮蔽spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异visitor游客,访客,访问者,来访者wraith巫师,裹尸布,缠绕,缠绕物zombie僵尸eidolon翡翠龙ethereal being空灵的存在,虚无缥缈的存在,虚无飘渺的存在,虚无缥缈的生命incorporeal being无形的存在,无形的生命,无生命的人,无身人

Examples

  • The expansion of ghost kitchens was well underway before the pandemic.

  • The spread of third-party delivery apps and ghost kitchens means that many customers largely interact with restaurants through apps, not the restaurants directly.

  • New “ghost kitchens,” or delivery-only restaurants capitalizing on the rise of Grubhub and UberEats, popped up, many specializing in wings.

  • Last year police in New York state arrested an Army drone operator and alleged Boogaloo Boi on charges that he owned an illegal ghost gun.

  • Group Nine has been thinking about expanding further in this direction by leveraging the ghost kitchen it launched through Thrillist back in December.

  • The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.

  • Now, she says, her coworkers are actively pranking each other and blaming it on the ghost.

  • First, the ghost of his departed partner, Jacob Marley, comes calling, his face emerging from the doorknob.

  • As Monday turned to Tuesday morning, five hostages had escaped and the Central Business District had turned into a ghost town.

  • The ghost writer in question is assumed to be one Siobhan Curham—an established author of both YA and adult fiction.

  • T least, thet's all I think 't wuz; though thar wuz those thet said 't wuz Claiborne's ghost.

  • Meanwhile Fleurette had her nourishing food, and grew more like the ghost of a lily every day.

  • Our poor planet will be but a silent ghost whirling on its dark path in the starlight.

  • For a moment there was no consciousness in their gaze; then a whimsical ghost of a smile crept about his mouth.

  • Now it will be as well here to inquire what good has ever resulted from this belief in what is commonly understood to be a ghost?

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