phantom limb
collocation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。
幽灵；鬼魂
phantoms — plural of phantom
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幽灵；鬼魂
A ghost or ghostly figure; an apparition.
The legend tells of a phantom that wanders the castle halls.
传说中有一个幽灵在城堡大厅里游荡。
鬼或幽灵。
A ghost or apparition.
美国海军陆战队在越南使用的F-4B喷气式战斗机的绰号。
Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
幽灵状身影
a ghostly appearing figure
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。
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
He dismissed the rumor as a mere phantom of his imagination.
他把这个谣言当作他想象中的一个幻影而不予理会。
The radar detected a phantom signal that disappeared instantly.
雷达探测到一个瞬间消失的幻影信号。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
虚幻的威胁，凭空想象出来的危险
The public was warned about a phantom menace that never actually appeared.
公众被告知存在一种虚幻的威胁，但它从未真正出现。
追求虚幻的事物；追逐幻影
Stop chasing phantoms and focus on what you can actually achieve.
别再追求虚无缥缈的东西，把精力放在真正能做到的事情上。
歌剧魅影就在你的脑海中。
The song "The Phantom of the Opera" is one of the most famous numbers in musical theatre.
歌曲《歌剧魅影》是音乐剧中最著名的唱段之一。
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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。
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。
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/.
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