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单词 phantasm
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Definition of phantasm in English:

phantasm

noun ˈfantaz(ə)mˈfænˌtæzəm
literary
  • 1An illusion, apparition, or ghost.

    the cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They thought He was a ghost, a phantasm, an apparition, a spirit, anything except their Master.
    • Exposed to the light, the monk's inner demons and the phantasms of his dreams would no longer seem quite as frightening or threatening.
    • ‘It was only a terrible phantasm trying to take root in my imagination,’ he reassured himself.
    • The flickering shadows and darting phantasms on the walls reminded me exactly of some sights I once encountered in a cave in Spain, filled with art.
    • Six was a phantom - a ghost, a ghoul, a phantasm, a hallucination, a side effect of Stray's medicine, some unknown effect of acid, something of that sort.
    Synonyms
    ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence, illusion
    1. 1.1archaic An illusory likeness of something.
      every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified

Derivatives

  • phantasmal

  • adjective fanˈtazm(ə)lfænˈtæzm(ə)l
    • Some images of the film seem heightened, romantic, expressionist, oneiric (like the phantasmal image of Raynal struggling against the wind).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The way the moonbeams hit his face made him look pale and phantasmal, like he was a just an illusion sitting there against that dripping tree.
      • She can make no sense of how her phantasmal projection can surface into reality.
      • Brilliant flashes of color shot past the windows like phantasmal fire works.
      • The flicker of candlelight illuminated the darkened dining room, creating phantasmal shadows dancing upon the walls.
  • phantasmic

  • adjective fanˈtazmɪk
    • Samples of phantasmic voices whisper, hiss and appear to be darting and sliding invisibly from one spot to another throughout the room.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Furthermore, the images had a dreamlike or phantasmic quality to them, which supported this internal movement toward the imaginary.
      • At stake is the consciousness of art as a simulating surface, a phantasmic veil of illusory life and presence that seeks to displace historical and physical reality rather than merely represent it.
      • There's no denying that Vegas's nonstop collection of renowned restaurants, phantasmic architecture, people-watching, and entertainment is a one-of-a-kind spectacle that has something for just about everyone.
      • The ending offers a particularly haunting and poignant gesture - the reunion of a family torn apart on a purely phantasmic, spiritual cinematic plane.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'deceptive appearance'): from Old French fantasme, via Latin from Greek phantasma, from phantazein 'make visible', from phainein 'to show'. The change from f- to ph- in the 16th century was influenced by the Latin spelling.

 
 

Definition of phantasm in US English:

phantasm

nounˈfanˌtazəmˈfænˌtæzəm
literary
  • 1A figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition.

    the cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Six was a phantom - a ghost, a ghoul, a phantasm, a hallucination, a side effect of Stray's medicine, some unknown effect of acid, something of that sort.
    • They thought He was a ghost, a phantasm, an apparition, a spirit, anything except their Master.
    • ‘It was only a terrible phantasm trying to take root in my imagination,’ he reassured himself.
    • Exposed to the light, the monk's inner demons and the phantasms of his dreams would no longer seem quite as frightening or threatening.
    • The flickering shadows and darting phantasms on the walls reminded me exactly of some sights I once encountered in a cave in Spain, filled with art.
    Synonyms
    ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence, illusion
    1. 1.1archaic An illusory likeness of something.
      every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘deceptive appearance’): from Old French fantasme, via Latin from Greek phantasma, from phantazein ‘make visible’, from phainein ‘to show’. The change from f- to ph- in the 16th century was influenced by the Latin spelling.

 
 
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