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specter

/spek-ter/US // ˈspɛk tər //

幽灵,阴影,荧光剂,画面

Related Words

shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾demon恶魔,妖魔,妖怪,魔鬼phantom幻影,幻象,幽灵,幻像presence存在,存在感,出现,存在性apparition幽灵,幻影,幻觉,幻象appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异doppelganger二重奏,二重身,二重人格,二重唱poltergeist捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣乱分子,恶灵phantasm幻觉,幻象,幻影,幻境spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量vision愿景,视觉,视野,视力

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
    • : some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease or famine.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
demon恶魔,妖魔,妖怪,魔鬼shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾doppelganger二重奏,二重身,二重人格,二重唱apparition幽灵,幻影,幻觉,幻象appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计phantasm幻觉,幻象,幻影,幻境phantom幻影,幻象,幽灵,幻像poltergeist捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣乱分子,恶灵presence存在,存在感,出现,存在性spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异vision愿景,视觉,视野,视力

Examples

  • In 2019, as annual visitor numbers topped 3 million for the first time, locals loudly lamented crowding, traffic and the specter of paradise lost.

  • The first night, my sims met friendly green specters, which are different from the normal ghost sims that were included in the base game.

  • Each time the specter arrived, he’d wordlessly express love and leave Evan with a sense of peace and calm.

  • The UK and EU have reached a trade agreement, avoiding the specter of a no-deal Brexit and ending years of extreme economic uncertainty on both sides.

  • He focused on the importance of strict election deadlines and raised the specter of “chaos” if the Democrats won this case.

  • Despite his efforts to live in the present, he seemed haunted by the specter of his father.

  • Against the Grain By Michael Specter, The New Yorker Should you go gluten-free?

  • The specter of wrongful convictions haunts the public officials involved.

  • The specter of this virus fills some of our most stalwart souls with unreasoning dread even when it is no immediate threat.

  • If 80,000 is the population of Danbury, 60 million is the population of California and Texas combined: no small specter, that.

  • The fatality of war was now hovering over them like a huge black specter.

  • Lightbody, overturning chair and table, sprang up—recoiling as one recoils before an avenging specter.

  • Two of them, the latter and Moreau, saw the specter of French sovereignty beckoning them on.

  • In the midst of their furious, living activity, the specter of death had suddenly appeared.

  • Meanwhile a Northern politician brought on the specter of Napoleon for a different purpose.

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