| 单词 | ghost |
| 释义 | noun | verb ghostghost1 /goʊst/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1SPIRIT the image or personality of a dead person, that some people believe they can see or feel in a place: They say the captain’s ghost still haunts the waterfront.ghost of He thought he had seen the ghost of his dead wife. He looked like he’d seen a ghost (=he looked frightened). → see also Holy GhostTHESAURUSspirit – a ghost or creature without a physical body, such as an angel: She claims to be able to speak with the spirits of the dead.phantom/specter literary – a frightening ghost: Some visitors to the theater say they have seen the specter of the murdered man.apparition literary – a ghost: In the play, the dead man’s apparition warns him of his fate.2MEMORY/EFFECT the memory or effect of someone or something bad that lived, existed, or happened in the past: ghost of The ghost of Stalinism still affects life in the Russian Federation today.3television/computer a second image that is not clear on a television or computer screen4not a ghost of a chance not even a slight chance of doing something, or of something happening: There’s not a ghost of a chance that we’ll get there on time now.5give up the ghost humorous a)if a machine gives up the ghost, it does not work anymore and cannot be repaired: My old car’s finally given up the ghost. b)to die6the ghost of a smile/sound etc. a smile, sound, etc. that is so slight you are not sure it happened: He had the ghost of a smile on his lips.7a ghost writer noun | verb ghostghost2 verb [intransitive, transitive] informal to write something as a ghost writer |
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