Word · Frequency #19404
apparition
鬼；幽灵；幻影
核心释义
a ghostly figure that appears
- 1.
显现的行为；出现；可见性。
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
- 2.
幽灵般的出现
a ghostly appearing figure
- 3.
显现的事物；可见的物体；形态。
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
- 4.
幽灵般的形象出现
the appearance of a ghostlike figure
- 5.
意外、奇妙或超自然的现象；尤指鬼魂、幽灵等出现；该实体本身。
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
- 6.
仅存在于感知中的事物
something existing in perception only
- 7.
恒星或其他天体在隐没后首次出现；与掩蔽相对。
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
- 8.
某一特定天体可被观测到的连续日夜时段,始于该天体的偕日升,止于偕日落。
A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
显现的行为；出现；可见性。；幽灵般的出现；显现的事物；可见的物体；形态。；幽灵般的形象出现；意外、奇妙或超自然的现象；尤指鬼魂、幽灵等出现；该实体本身。
用法In use
A ghostly apparition appeared at the end of the hallway.
用法提示：apparition 是名词，在这里指幽灵或幻影。
The old castle is said to be haunted by an apparition.
用法提示：apparition 作可数名词，指鬼魂或幽灵。
She thought she saw an apparition in the mirror, but it was just a reflection.
用法提示：apparition 表示幻影，是名词用法。
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
a ghostly apparition at midnight
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- ghostly apparition
- 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。
- strange apparition
- 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。
- sudden apparition
- 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。
- see an apparition
- 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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：一个鬼影突然'出现'（appear）在眼前——apparition 就是幻影；它和 disappear 相反。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，指鬼魂或幽灵般的形象。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 apparition 重读尾音节 /ˈɪʃən/ 押韵的有 physician、musician、politician、condition、tradition。注意 apparent 拼写开头同为 appar-，但发音为 /əˈpærənt/，不押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.