| 单词 | ghost |
| 释义 | Word Frequency ghost(ɡəʊst) noun 1. the disembodied spirit of a dead person, supposed to haunt the living as a pale or shadowy vision; phantom ▶ Related adjective: spectral2. a haunting memory the ghost of his former life rose up before him 3. a faint trace or possibility of something; glimmer a ghost of a smile 4. the spirit; soul (archaic, except in the phrase the Holy Ghost) 5. physics a. a faint secondary image produced by an optical system b. a similar image on a television screen, formed by reflection of the transmitting waves or by a defect in the receiver 6. ghost word 7. Also called: ghost edition an entry recorded in a bibliography of which no actual proof exists 8. another name for ghostwriter 9. (modifier) falsely recorded as doing a particular job or fulfilling a particular function in order that some benefit, esp money, may be obtained a ghost worker 10. give up the ghost verb 11. another word for ghostwrite 12. (transitive) to haunt 13. (intransitive) to move effortlessly and smoothly, esp unnoticed he ghosted into the penalty area 14. (transitive) informal to end a romantic relationship with (a person) by not responding to his or her attempts to communicate Derived forms ghostlike (ˈghostˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English gāst; related to Old Frisian jēst, Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit hēda fury, anger |
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