phantom

phan·tom

F0033700 (făn′təm)n.1. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.2. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion: phantoms of a disturbed mind.3. Medicine A model of a human body or body part.adj.1. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom: tales of a phantom ship haunting the bay.2. Fictitious or nonexistent, often when intended to deceive: phantom employees on the payroll; deposits in a phantom bank account.3. Believed to be real even though illusory: a phantom pregnancy.4. Being a phantom limb: a phantom arm.

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[Middle English fantom, from Old French fantosme, probably from Vulgar Latin *phantauma, from Greek dialectal *phantagma, from Greek phantasma; see phantasm.]

phantom

(ˈfæntəm) n1. a. an apparition or spectreb. (as modifier): a phantom army marching through the sky. 2. the visible representation of something abstract, esp as appearing in a dream or hallucination: phantoms of evil haunted his sleep. 3. something apparently unpleasant or horrific that has no material form4. (Medicine) med another name for manikin^2b[C13: from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma phantasm] ˌphantoˈmatic adj

phan•tom

(ˈfæn təm)

n. 1. an apparition or specter. 2. an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a mirage or optical illusion. 3. a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear. adj. 4. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory: a phantom ship; an amputee with a phantom limb. 5. nonexistent; fictitious: phantom employees on the payroll. [1250–1300; Middle English fantosme < Middle French, Old French < Latin phantasma phantasm]

phantom

- A model of a baby used in obstetric demonstration.See also related terms for model.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	phantom - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, spectre, specterdisembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beingsFlying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
	2.	phantom - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow, apparitionflying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object - an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial originsFlying Dutchman - a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hopeghost, specter, wraith, spectre, spook, shade - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"illusion, semblance - an erroneous mental representation
Adj.	1.	phantom - something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"unreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"

phantom

noun1. spectre, ghost, spirit, shade (literary), spook (informal), apparition, wraith, revenant, phantasm Many people claimed to have seen the phantom.2. illusion, vision, hallucination, figment, chimera, figment of the imagination In pressing for an agreement, Mr Kohl may be chasing a phantom.adjective1. imaginary, imagined, fictitious, illusory, nonexistent, hallucinatory a phantom pregnancy

phantom

nounA supernatural being, such as a ghost:apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith.Informal: spook.Regional: haunt.

Translations

幻影幽灵

phantom

(ˈfantəm) noun a ghost. The castle is said to be haunted by a phantom. 鬼魂，幽靈 幻影，幽灵