英语词汇“phantom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

phantom

/ˈfantəm

noun

1A ghost: a phantom who haunts lonely roads [as modifier]: a phantom ship...

Four fearless women are preparing to spend the night in the company of ghosts, ghouls and phantoms to raise money for the Abbeyfield care home where they work.
Then, in a room filled with Halloween images of ghosts and phantoms, Duncan Smith got his chance to show his hidden talents - at the pool table.
It is like a medieval, deserted castle that is full of phantoms and ghosts, and this makes you feel sick - you just want to run away, far from these cold, scary walls.

Synonyms

ghost, apparition, spirit, spectre, wraith, shadow;

Scottish & Irish bodach;

West Indian duppy

informal spook

literary phantasm, shade, revenant, wight

rare eidolon, manes

1.1A figment of the imagination: he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality...

The Tory revival is a phantom, the imagined product of a media despairing of another utterly predictable election result.
As we said before, the brand is a phantom, a cypher, figments of the popular imagination that have somehow become the essential conduit for cultural information about objects.
While his mind had been pursuing its intangible phantoms and turning in irresolution from such pursuit he had heard about him the constant voices of his father and of his masters, urging him to be a gentleman above all things.

Synonyms

figment of the imagination, delusion, hallucination, illusion, chimera, vision, fantasy, mirage

rare phantasm

1.2 [as modifier] Not real; illusory: a phantom conspiracy the women suffered from phantom pain that no physician could ever find...

Computer-generated graphics for the ghostly, phantom towers - the most radical suggestion to date - will be considered by council officials tomorrow.
It vivifies poetry, which might otherwise be reduced to a mere ‘language of ideas’ - ‘a phantom language, lacking in the substance of worldly things’.
Acknowledging a patient's perception of a phantom shock as a real experience promotes continuing communication and fosters a trusting relationship.

1.3 [as modifier] Denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes: he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into ‘phantom’ bank accounts...

This problem of built-in gains is related to another phenomenon: phantom year-end income.
Like stock options, phantom stock must be expensed throughout its vesting period.
But there's an easier way to avoid phantom interest that will also provide you with some financial security.

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense 'illusion, delusion'): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm).

fantastic from Late Middle English:
A word originally meaning ‘existing only in the imagination, unreal’ that comes from Greek phantastikos ‘vision’. Fantasy (Late Middle English) is of similar origin, as is fancy (Late Middle English), a contracted version of fantasy. The modern use of fantastic to mean ‘wonderful, excellent’ dates from the 1930s. The playful phrase trip the light fantastic, meaning ‘to dance’, goes back to John Milton's 1645 poem L'Allegro: ‘Come, and trip it as you go / On the light fantastic toe.’ Pant (Middle English) ‘to breath spasmodically’ goes back to the root verb of fantastic, phainon ‘to show’, via Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’; as do phantom (Middle English) from phantasma ‘mere appearance’ and phenomenon (late 16th century) which meant ‘things appearing to view’ in the original Greek.

单词	phantom
释义	phantom /ˈfantəm / noun 1A ghost: a phantom who haunts lonely roads [as modifier]: a phantom ship... Four fearless women are preparing to spend the night in the company of ghosts, ghouls and phantoms to raise money for the Abbeyfield care home where they work. Then, in a room filled with Halloween images of ghosts and phantoms, Duncan Smith got his chance to show his hidden talents - at the pool table. It is like a medieval, deserted castle that is full of phantoms and ghosts, and this makes you feel sick - you just want to run away, far from these cold, scary walls. Synonyms ghost, apparition, spirit, spectre, wraith, shadow; Scottish & Irish bodach; West Indian duppy informal spook literary phantasm, shade, revenant, wight rare eidolon, manes 1.1A figment of the imagination: he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality... The Tory revival is a phantom, the imagined product of a media despairing of another utterly predictable election result. As we said before, the brand is a phantom, a cypher, figments of the popular imagination that have somehow become the essential conduit for cultural information about objects. While his mind had been pursuing its intangible phantoms and turning in irresolution from such pursuit he had heard about him the constant voices of his father and of his masters, urging him to be a gentleman above all things. Synonyms figment of the imagination, delusion, hallucination, illusion, chimera, vision, fantasy, mirage rare phantasm 1.2 [as modifier] Not real; illusory: a phantom conspiracy the women suffered from phantom pain that no physician could ever find... Computer-generated graphics for the ghostly, phantom towers - the most radical suggestion to date - will be considered by council officials tomorrow. It vivifies poetry, which might otherwise be reduced to a mere ‘language of ideas’ - ‘a phantom language, lacking in the substance of worldly things’. Acknowledging a patient's perception of a phantom shock as a real experience promotes continuing communication and fosters a trusting relationship. 1.3 [as modifier] Denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes: he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into ‘phantom’ bank accounts... This problem of built-in gains is related to another phenomenon: phantom year-end income. Like stock options, phantom stock must be expensed throughout its vesting period. But there's an easier way to avoid phantom interest that will also provide you with some financial security. Origin Middle English (also in the sense 'illusion, delusion'): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm). fantastic from Late Middle English: A word originally meaning ‘existing only in the imagination, unreal’ that comes from Greek phantastikos ‘vision’. Fantasy (Late Middle English) is of similar origin, as is fancy (Late Middle English), a contracted version of fantasy. The modern use of fantastic to mean ‘wonderful, excellent’ dates from the 1930s. The playful phrase trip the light fantastic, meaning ‘to dance’, goes back to John Milton's 1645 poem L'Allegro: ‘Come, and trip it as you go / On the light fantastic toe.’ Pant (Middle English) ‘to breath spasmodically’ goes back to the root verb of fantastic, phainon ‘to show’, via Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’; as do phantom (Middle English) from phantasma ‘mere appearance’ and phenomenon (late 16th century) which meant ‘things appearing to view’ in the original Greek. Rhymes bantam
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