apparition

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Folkloreapparitionap‧pa‧ri‧tion /ˌæpəˈrɪʃən/ noun [countable] RFsomething that you imagine you can see, especially the spirit of a dead person He stared at the strange apparition before him. a ghostly apparition of a manExamples from the Corpusapparition• The women said they saw an apparition in the church, next to the altar.• The terrorized novice promptly returned it, claiming that he was being haunted by apparitions for his act.• He wanted to run, to hit out, to lash at this evil apparition.• a ghostly apparition• He goes on to relate many other such stories, mainly involving apparitions on the mission field.• There were also stories circulating that he had been the beneficiary of Marian apparitions.• The apparition ran silently across the lobby and disappeared through a window.• Johnnie stood at the tideline, a virginal apparition begging him to come out.• Delia Sutherland did not need to go nearer to know who they were - apparitions of herself, her father.Origin apparition (1400-1500) Late Latin apparitio, from Latin apparere; → APPEAR

单词	apparition
释义	apparition From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Folkloreapparitionap‧pa‧ri‧tion /ˌæpəˈrɪʃən/ noun [countable] RFsomething that you imagine you can see, especially the spirit of a dead person He stared at the strange apparition before him. a ghostly apparition of a manExamples from the Corpusapparition• The women said they saw an apparition in the church, next to the altar.• The terrorized novice promptly returned it, claiming that he was being haunted by apparitions for his act.• He wanted to run, to hit out, to lash at this evil apparition.• a ghostly apparition• He goes on to relate many other such stories, mainly involving apparitions on the mission field.• There were also stories circulating that he had been the beneficiary of Marian apparitions.• The apparition ran silently across the lobby and disappeared through a window.• Johnnie stood at the tideline, a virginal apparition begging him to come out.• Delia Sutherland did not need to go nearer to know who they were - apparitions of herself, her father.Origin apparition (1400-1500) Late Latin apparitio, from Latin apparere; → APPEAR
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