apparition of sb/sth
表示某人/某物的鬼魂或幻影。
An apparition of a woman appeared in the old house.
老房子里出现了一个女人的幽灵。
鬼;幽灵;幻影
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鬼;幽灵;幻影
a ghostly figure that appears
An apparition of a woman appeared in the old house.
老房子里出现了一个女人的幽灵。
显现的行为;出现;可见性。
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
幽灵般的出现
a ghostly appearing figure
显现的事物;可见的物体;形态。
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
幽灵般的形象出现
the appearance of a ghostlike figure
A ghostly apparition appeared at the end of the hallway.
一个幽灵般的幻影出现在走廊尽头。
AI contextual example
The old castle is said to be haunted by an apparition.
据说这座古老的城堡里有幽灵出没。
AI contextual example
She thought she saw an apparition in the mirror, but it was just a reflection.
她以为自己看到镜子里有一个幻影,但那只是倒影。
AI contextual example
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
我们没有准备好面对突然出现的幻影
WordNet
表示某人/某物的鬼魂或幻影。
An apparition of a woman appeared in the old house.
老房子里出现了一个女人的幽灵。
常用动词see搭配,表示看见鬼魂。
He claimed to have seen an apparition in the fog.
他声称在雾中看到了一个幽灵。
描述幽灵出现或消失的行为。
The apparition vanished as suddenly as it had appeared.
幽灵像出现时一样突然消失了。
Not this
I saw apparition in the old house.
Use this
I saw an apparition in the old house.
Apparition是可数名词,前需加冠词a/an或使用复数形式,此处单数需用不定冠词an。
Not this
The story is about a strange appearance that haunts the castle.
Use this
The story is about a strange apparition that haunts the castle.
Appearance指外观或出现,而apparition特指鬼魂或幽灵,此处需用apparition表示幽灵。
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幽灵般的幻影
An old legend tells of a ghostly apparition in the abandoned chapel.
一则古老的传说提到废弃小教堂里出现的幽灵幻影。
奇怪的幻影
The sailor described a strange apparition floating above the sea.
水手描述了一个漂浮在海面上的奇怪幻影。
突然出现的幻影
A sudden apparition startled the children.
一个突然出现的幻影把孩子们吓了一跳。
看见幽灵
He believes he saw an apparition of his late grandmother.
他相信自己看到了已故祖母的幽灵。
人群中这些面孔的显现; 湿漉漉的黑树枝上的花瓣。
This is the entire poem 'In a Station of the Metro' by Ezra Pound, a famous Imagist work. The sudden appearance of faces in a crowded Paris metro station is likened to an apparition—a ghostly, fleeting vision—of petals on a dark, wet branch.
这是埃兹拉·庞德的整首诗《在地铁站》,是意象派诗歌的著名代表作。诗中把巴黎地铁站拥挤人群中突然出现的面孔比作 apparition——一种幽灵般转瞬即逝的幻象——就像湿黑树枝上的花瓣。
我想,是我眼睛昏花,才造成了这可怕的幻影。
From William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (Act 4, Scene 3). Brutus sees the ghost of Caesar and suspects his own eyesight may be creating the apparition, a ghostly figure.
出自威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧《裘力斯·凯撒》(第四幕第三场)。布鲁图斯看见了凯撒的鬼魂,怀疑是自己的眼力产生了这个幽灵般的形象。
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联想:一个鬼影突然'出现'(appear)在眼前——apparition 就是幻影;它和 disappear 相反。
语域:formal 常见场景:formal or literary writing、accounts of supernatural sightings apparition 比 ghost 更正式,通常用于文学作品或严肃叙述,日常口语中比较少见,多用 ghost 代替。
可数名词,指鬼魂或幽灵般的形象。
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