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phantom

/fan-tuhm/US // ˈfæn təm //UK // (ˈfæntəm) //

幻影,幻象,幽灵,幻像

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an apparition or specter.
    • : an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.
    • : a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear.
    • : an illustration, part of which is given a transparent effect so as to permit representation of details otherwise hidden from view, as the inner workings of a mechanical device.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory: a phantom sea serpent.
    • : Electricity. noting or pertaining to a phantom circuit.
    • : named, included, or recorded but nonexistent; fictitious: Payroll checks were made out and cashed for phantom employees.

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Examples

  • On the other hand, they can be delicate, don’t do a very good job with loud noises, and also require power from either an internal battery or through a USB connection or a source that can deliver 48v phantom power.

  • I didn’t want to think that this would happen to us when I got on the plane that rainy afternoon in September, but somewhere in my mind lived the phantom of the definitive separation.

  • He’s the phantom of a new opera, only he’s here in flesh and blood, to tell us a new story from sounds we’ve heard before.

  • So scientists have been curious how much climate-warming gas these phantom ecosystems spew.

  • The phantom rivers experiment suggests we shouldn’t, she says.

  • During the 1970s, the then brand new F-15A Eagle carried the same antiquated armament as the Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom II.

  • The sanctuary the phantom callers promise comes with a price.

  • As this begins to set in, the phantom caller morphs into Lori, who whispers to her husband, “What happened, Rick?”

  • He receives phantom phone calls from people who promise him a safe haven.

  • Doctors, patients, a phantom lawyer (“I spoke with the patient at length, but he is still refusing…”)?

  • A tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.

  • Mankind, mad with the energy of activity, would be seen to pursue the fleeing phantom of insatiable desire.

  • Our middy53 has gone up to San Francisco in pursuit of the phantom Education.

  • Jivros, or insect-priests, moved phantom-like before my sleepless eyes, watching from the dark and waiting.

  • You know the sort of vague light there is in dreams, the colourless empty atmosphere where everything has the look of a phantom.