| 单词 | apparition |
| 释义 | apparition (once / 864 pages) n If you see something you think might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition to hedge your bets. Apparition doesn't commit you in the same way the word ghost does—and saying that you've seen one won't cause you to be committed. Deriving from the Latin apparere "appear," apparition was first used in 1520 in a religious context, referring to the moment when the three wise men appear before the infant Jesus in the Bible. Later, apparition came to include the appearance of ghosts, or ghostly figures. It can also mean a memory so vivid it's like seeing a ghost. WORD FAMILYapparition: apparitional, apparitions+/apparitional: apparitionally USAGE EXAMPLESThe first apparition was May 13, but a midnight mass the previous day usually begins the annual celebrations. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) “Well, the church has not verified the authenticity of the apparitions,” Papa said, staring thoughtfully at his plate. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) They turn to witness a triangular, mountain-like apparition of mother and infant inside a jagged crimson halo. Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1n a ghostly appearing figure we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us Syn|Hypo|Hyper fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre Flying Dutchman the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day disembodied spirit, spirit any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings 2n the appearance of a ghostlike figure I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter Hyper appearance the event of coming into sight 3n something existing in perception only a ghostly apparition at midnight Syn|Hypo|Hyper fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow UFO, flying saucer, unidentified flying object an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins Flying Dutchmana phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraitha mental representation of some haunting experience illusion, semblance an erroneous mental representation 4n an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger Hyper appearance the act of appearing in public view |
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