the ghost of something
He saw the ghost of his grandfather.
他看到了他祖父的鬼魂。
鬼；幽灵；鬼魂
ghosts — plural of ghost
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
the spirit of a dead person, especially one believed to appear to the living
无形的灵魂；死者的灵魂或精神；死后显现的灵魂
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
某种令人难忘经历的心理表象
a mental representation of some haunting experience
任何模糊的影像；不实在的形象
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
代笔作家
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
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
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).
死者的可见灵魂
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
去除涂鸦后留下的淡淡影像
A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
为获取某种(通常是欺诈性)利益而虚构的不存在的人
A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
身份被他人盗用的死者
A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
文件或记录的副本
A copy of a file or record.
替补演员
An understudy.
秘密(且可否认的)特工
A covert (and deniable) agent.
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
An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
因没有记录而无法确认身份的人
Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
规范理论中的非物理状态
An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
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
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.
白色或苍白的
White or pale.
透明或半透明的
Transparent or translucent.
被遗弃的
Abandoned.
残余；遗迹
Remnant; remains.
被感知或列出但不真实的
Perceived or listed but not real.
属于神秘生物、超自然或外星性质的
Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
替代品
Substitute.
Many people claim to have seen a ghost in the old mansion.
许多人声称在那座老宅里见过鬼魂。
用法提示：这里'ghost'指死者的灵魂显现。
AI contextual example
The ghost of her past failures still haunts her decisions.
过去失败的阴影仍萦绕在她的决策中。
用法提示：这里'ghost'喻指难以摆脱的心理阴影。
AI contextual example
She hired a ghost to write her memoir.
她雇了一个代笔作家来写她的回忆录。
用法提示：这里'ghost'指代笔作家。
AI contextual example
He saw the ghost of his grandfather.
他看到了他祖父的鬼魂。
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。
固定短语，表示'一丝机会'，常用于否定句。
She doesn't have a ghost of a chance of winning.
她连一丝获胜的机会都没有。
更正式，常指令人恐惧的鬼魂
强调虚幻、不真实，可指幻觉
侧重突然出现的鬼魂，文学性较强
广义的灵魂，不一定是吓人的鬼魂
非正式，常用于恐怖语境
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw ghost in the room.
正确表达I saw a ghost in the room.
Ghost是可数名词，中文说“看见鬼”往往省略量词，英语中单数可数名词前必须加冠词a/an或the。
grammar · medium
易错句子Do you believe ghost?
正确表达Do you believe in ghosts?
表示“相信鬼的存在”时，英语固定搭配是believe in，且ghost常用复数泛指。中文“相信鬼”可能直接跟宾语，缺少介词和数的一致。
对应"ghost"作为"鬼魂、幽灵"时的反义，指有形的肉体。
ghost 指死者灵魂，常带恐怖色彩；spirit 更泛，可指精神、心灵或非恐怖灵魂
phantom 强调幻象或错觉，ghost 更常指真实鬼魂
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
放弃；死；（机器）停止运转
My old laptop finally gave up the ghost last night.
我的旧笔记本电脑昨晚终于彻底坏了。
ghost 常出现在恐怖题材中
鬼神传说常与神话相关
ghost 是许多民间传说的主题
ghost 常引发恐惧感
ghost 与迷信观念有关
鬼城（指荒废或人烟稀少的城镇）
After the mine closed, the town turned into a ghost town.
矿山关闭后，这个小镇变成了鬼城。
代笔作家（替别人写文章或书籍的人）
The famous author hired a ghost writer to finish his memoir.
这位著名作家雇了一位代笔作家来完成他的回忆录。
放弃努力；死亡（尤指机器停止运转）
My old car finally gave up the ghost on the highway.
我的旧车最终在高速公路上报废了。
我不怕鬼魂。
When the lights went out, I thought of the Ghostbusters theme and sang, 'I ain't afraid of no ghost.'
当灯熄灭时，我想起了《捉鬼敢死队》的主题曲，唱道：‘我不怕鬼魂。’
我是过去之灵。
In the story, Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
故事中，斯克鲁奇被过去之灵拜访。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.