Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #3541
ghost
鬼；幽灵；鬼魂
the spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear to the living
- 1.
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
无形的灵魂；死者的灵魂或精神；死后显现的灵魂
- 2.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
某种令人难忘经历的心理表象
- 3.
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
任何模糊的影像；不实在的形象
- 4.
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
代笔作家
- 5.
A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
由于接收或反射不良而在照片、电视屏幕、雷达显示或望远镜中出现的虚假图像
- 6.
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
死者的可见灵魂
- 7.
A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
去除涂鸦后留下的淡淡影像
- 8.
A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
为获取某种(通常是欺诈性)利益而虚构的不存在的人
- 9.
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
身份被他人盗用的死者
- 10.
A copy of a file or record.
文件或记录的副本
- 11.
An understudy.
替补演员
- 12.
A covert (and deniable) agent.
秘密(且可否认的)特工
- 13.
An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
在赛车游戏中跟随先前记录路线的对手,允许玩家与之前的最佳时间竞争
- 14.
Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
因没有记录而无法确认身份的人
- 15.
An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
规范理论中的非物理状态
- 16.
A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
曾经不存在但被错误编码到字符集标准中的字符,可能后来被用于某些实际用途
- 17.
White or pale.
白色或苍白的
- 18.
Transparent or translucent.
透明或半透明的
- 19.
Abandoned.
被遗弃的
- 20.
Remnant; remains.
残余；遗迹
- 21.
Perceived or listed but not real.
被感知或列出但不真实的
- 22.
Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
属于神秘生物、超自然或外星性质的
- 23.
Substitute.
替代品
代笔人；捉刀人；淡淡的痕迹；余痕；萦绕心头的记忆；阴影；重影；鬼影；虚构的人；身份被冒用者
In use
Many people claim to have seen a ghost in the old mansion.
The ghost of her past failures still haunts her decisions.
She hired a ghost to write her memoir.
he looked like he had seen a ghost
the ghost of something
He saw the ghost of his grandfather.
他看到了他祖父的鬼魂。
ghost through a place
注意：动词ghost表示像鬼魂一样游荡，常与through或around连用。
The old man ghosted through the empty house.
老人像鬼一样在空房子里游荡。
a ghost of a chance
固定短语，表示'一丝机会'，常用于否定句。
Connections
Collocations
- ghost story
- 鬼故事
- The children gathered around the campfire to hear a ghost story.孩子们围坐在篝火旁听鬼故事。
- ghost town
- 鬼城；废弃的城镇
- After the gold rush, the town became a ghost town.淘金热过后，这个小镇变成了一个鬼城。
- ghost writer
- 代笔作者，捉刀人
- The celebrity hired a ghost writer to pen his autobiography.这位名人雇了一位代笔作者来写他的自传。
- lay a ghost to rest
- 使鬼魂安息；平息恐惧或疑虑
- The old legend says the ritual can lay the ghost to rest.古老传说称这种仪式能使鬼魂安息。
- the ghost of a smile
- 一丝微笑
- He spoke with the ghost of a smile on his lips.他说话时嘴角带着一丝微笑。
- give up the ghost
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆提示：将 ghost 拆为 g（鬼）和 host（主人），鬼魂是已故的主人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：stories、folklore、horror 通常用于民间故事、恐怖或超自然场景，是比较常见的用法。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为ghosts。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'ghost' (/oʊst/). Words like 'cost', 'lost', 'frost' end in -ost but are pronounced with /ɔːst/ or /ɒst/; they do not rhyme with the target.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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