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单词 ghosts
释义

ghost

1 of 2

noun

ˈgōst How to pronounce ghost (audio)
plural ghosts
1
: the seat of life or intelligence : soul
give up the ghost
2
: a disembodied soul
especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
3
: spirit, demon
4
a
: a faint shadowy trace
a ghost of a smile
b
: the least bit
not a ghost of a chance
5
: a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection
6
: one who ghostwrites
7
: a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin
ghostlike
ˈgōst-ˌlīk How to pronounce ghost (audio)
adjective
ghosty
ˈgō-stē How to pronounce ghost (audio)
adjective

ghost

2 of 2

verb

ghosted; ghosting; ghosts

transitive verb

1
: to haunt like a ghost
2
: ghostwrite
ghosted the mayor's autobiography
3
informal : to cut off all contact with (someone) abruptly and usually without explanation : to subject (someone, such as a former romantic partner) to ghosting see ghosting sense 2
No one wants to be ghosted, mostly because it sucks to admit that the person you gushed about last week is now pretending you don't exist …Ellen Scott

intransitive verb

1
a
: to move silently like a ghost
b
: to sail quietly in light winds
2
: ghostwrite

Synonyms

Noun

  • apparition
  • bogey
  • bogie
  • bogy
  • familiar spirit
  • hant [dialect]
  • haunt [chiefly dialect]
  • materialization
  • phantasm
  • fantasm
  • phantom
  • poltergeist
  • shade
  • shadow
  • specter
  • spectre
  • spirit
  • spook
  • sprite
  • vision
  • visitant
  • wraith
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun a house haunted by ghosts looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween Verb She ghosted the mayor's autobiography.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Hotel del Coronado is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman named Kate Morgan. Joe Sills, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023 In one edited sequence, the poet, bathed in a blue glow, gets out of bed leaving the ghost of herself behind, reinforcing Giovanni’s boundary between her public and private selves. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2023 The performance hangs in the balance until the ghost of Tammy visits him and reassures that everything will be alright. oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023 The ghost of Marilyn Monroe can have a break from haunting Kim Kardashian. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 18 Jan. 2023 That's tough when the assignment called him to run or climb stairs, acts required of the ghost during his haunting period. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2022 The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, visited by the ghost of his business partner and the spirits of Christmas past, present and yet to come, has been adapted for film, stage and television beginning in the silent era of movies and continuing to this day. Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022 Her early days of pop stardom were defined by her relationship with Justin Bieber, and the ghost of their puppy love seems to follow her today. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022 That old person, one of a small, rotating group, is, at this time of year, a ghost of Christmas past. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2022
Verb
One way of increasing company returns is to ghost the dying. Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2022 One way of increasing company returns is to ghost the dying. Ava Kofman, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022 In traditional Korean medicine alone, there are at least 19 insects and other arthropods commonly prescribed, including centipedes, cicada nymphal skins, and ghost moth larvae infected with the paralyzing fungusOphiocordyceps sinensis. Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2018 This year has swung a wide arc through the world of speculative fiction, from alternate-earth kaiju to ghost mushrooms. Liz Braswell, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022 Don’t ghost someone who’s already dealing with ghosts. Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022 The wings were to ghost peppers what Little League is to MLB. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022 Applicants have more bargaining power than ever before and are turning the tables on hiring teams by being the first to ghost a company if the recruitment experience doesn’t deliver. Patrick Donegan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 If not, don't be shocked if fans decide to ghost this franchise. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

ghost

noun
ˈgōst
: the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people

Medical Definition

ghost

noun
ˈgōst How to pronounce ghost (audio)
: a structure (as a cell or tissue) that does not stain normally because of degenerative changes
specifically : a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin

ghosts 1 of 2

noun

plural of ghost
1
as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • spirits
  • apparitions
  • shadows
  • phantoms
  • visions
  • specters
  • haunts
  • poltergeists
  • wraiths
  • zombies
  • vampires
  • angels
  • spooks
  • demons
  • spectres
  • materializations
  • phantasms
  • sprites
  • ghouls
  • visitants
  • familiar spirits
  • shades
  • hants
  • bogeys
  • bogies
  • fantasms
  • doppelgangers
  • genies
  • doppelgängers
  • devils
  • familiars
  • daimones
  • jinn
  • lemures
  • djinns
  • daimons
  • jinns
  • doubles
  • djinn
  • succubi
  • genii
  • genii
  • incubi
  • imps
  • manes
  • shaitans
  • fetches
  • fiends
  • geniuses
  • cacodemons
  • lamias
  • lamiae
  • incubuses
  • daemons
2
as in damns
the smallest amount or part imaginable she may be a good endurance runner, but she doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of winning in a sprint

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • damns
  • whits
  • hoots
  • licks
  • little
  • shadows
  • raps
  • figs
  • beans
  • continentals
  • syllables
  • bits
  • specks
  • diddly-squats
  • hints
  • whoops
  • squats
  • particles
  • diddlies
  • iotas
  • darns
  • durns
  • jots
  • doodly-squats
  • touches
  • glimmers
  • suspicions
  • modicums
  • doodley-squats
  • tittles
  • traces
  • semblances
  • rays
  • scruples
  • mites
  • pins
  • peanuts
  • scraps
  • shades
  • sprinklings
  • streaks
  • ounces
  • shreds
  • crumbs
  • driblets
  • spots
  • nips
  • strains
  • aces
  • smidgens
  • smidgeons
  • smidges
  • skoshes
  • dabs
  • smidgins
  • snaps
3
as in relics
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished the down-at-the-heels town house is but a ghost of the neighborhood's former grandeur

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relics
  • shadows
  • traces
  • remnants
  • echoes
  • vestiges
  • reminders
  • artifacts
  • corpses
  • echos
  • remembrances
  • mementos
  • afterimages
  • hangovers
  • mementoes
  • remainders
  • leftovers
  • remains
  • leavings
  • dregs
  • residues
  • scraps
  • aftertastes
  • residuals
  • rests
  • balances
  • oddments
4
as in demons
an evil spirit the vengeful ghosts of seamen who were deliberately shipwrecked upon these shores

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • demons
  • ghouls
  • devils
  • vampires
  • spirits
  • nightmares
  • ghoulies
  • wraiths
  • fairies
  • goblins
  • imps
  • genies
  • elves
  • shadows
  • monsters
  • banshees
  • fiends
  • phantoms
  • specters
  • daemons
  • visions
  • apparitions
  • cacodemons
  • poltergeists
  • trolls
  • hags
  • spooks
  • dwarfs
  • pixies
  • dwarves
  • spectres
  • faeries
  • shaitans
  • succubi
  • incubi
  • phantasms
  • pucks
  • jinn
  • gnomes
  • leprechauns
  • djinns
  • gremlins
  • familiars
  • lamias
  • hobgoblins
  • lamiae
  • sprites
  • shades
  • jinns
  • brownies
  • genii
  • familiar spirits
  • incubuses
  • djinn
  • ogres
  • bugbears
  • kobolds
  • genii
  • afreets
  • bogies
  • bogeys
  • fantasms
  • fays
  • afrits
  • geniuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • angels

ghosts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ghost
as in pads

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pads
  • tiptoes
  • edges
  • snakes
  • worms
  • creeps
  • inches
  • lurks
  • mouses
  • crawls
  • steals
  • slinks
  • sneaks
  • slides
  • skulks
  • pussyfoots
  • shirks
  • mooches
  • slips
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