Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14813
phantoms
幽灵；鬼魂
phantoms is the plural of phantom.
A ghost or ghostly figure; an apparition.
- 1.
A ghost or apparition.
鬼或幽灵。
- 2.
Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
美国海军陆战队在越南使用的F-4B喷气式战斗机的绰号。
- 3.
a ghostly appearing figure
幽灵状身影
- 4.
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
似乎看见、听到或感觉到但没有物理实在的东西；只存在于头脑中的形象；幻觉或错觉。
- 5.
A Rolls-Royce Phantom automobile.
一辆劳斯莱斯幻影汽车。
- 6.
something existing in perception only
虚幻之物
- 7.
A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
当有奇数对选手比赛时,代替一对选手的占位符。
- 8.
A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
模拟人体组织特性的测试物体。
幻影；幻觉；虚幻之物；劳斯莱斯幻影；F-4B鬼怪式战斗机；虚设对；虚拟对；体模；仿真人体模型
In use
The legend tells of a phantom that wanders the castle halls.
He dismissed the rumor as a mere phantom of his imagination.
The radar detected a phantom signal that disappeared instantly.
Connections
Collocations
- phantom limb
- 幻肢（截肢后仍感觉存在的肢体）
- After losing his arm, he often feels a phantom limb.失去手臂后，他经常感到幻肢的存在。
- phantom pain
- 幻肢痛（失去肢体后仍感到的疼痛）
- She takes medicine for the phantom pain in her amputated leg.她靠吃药缓解截肢腿的幻痛。
- phantom pregnancy
- 假妊娠；假孕
- The vet confirmed that the dog's phantom pregnancy had caused hormonal changes.兽医确认这只狗的假孕导致了激素变化。
- phantom vibration
- 幻振感（手机上并未有通知却感觉它在震动）
- I keep getting phantom vibrations from my phone even when it's off.即使手机关机，我也总会产生幻振。
- phantom traffic jam
- 幽灵堵车（无明显原因形成的交通拥堵）
- A phantom traffic jam may occur when drivers brake for no reason.司机无故刹车时可能会出现幽灵堵车。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 fantasy（幻想）来记：phantom（幻影）以 phan 开头，像想象里的幽灵，看得见却摸不着。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学或正式书面语、医学或心理讨论、品牌/专有名称 phantom 作名词时，不同义项的语体有所差异：表示“幽灵、鬼魂”通常多用于文学或正式书面语；表示“幻影、幻觉、虚幻之物”时较中性，也比较常见于医学或心理类表述（如 phantom pain）；作为劳斯莱斯车型或某些固定专有名称时，则是一个专有名词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No word listed rhymes exactly with phantom (/ˈfæntəm/). Phone, photo, and pharmacy match phantom's initial /f/ sound spelled ph, but their vowels differ. Custom and ransom share the unstressed final syllable /əm/ spelled -om, but the stress falls on the first syllable. Fathom looks similar to phantom but is pronounced /ˈfæðəm/, not /ˈfæntəm/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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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