| 单词 | specter |
| 释义 | specter (once / 2928 pages) n A specter means a ghostly apparition, a ghost itself, or simply an idea that people find frightening. You can give yourself nightmares if you listen to too many stories about ghostly specters appearing in dark windows. Specters as fears are the kind that tend to loom on the edge of our minds, lying dormant for awhile, then raising their ugly heads. It can be hard to sleep if you think too much about the specter of a terrorist attack, or the specter that your blabbermouth cousin might spill the beans to your parents about the night you two took your dad's car without asking. The word can also be spelled spectre. WORD FAMILYspecter: specters USAGE EXAMPLESLingering in the background is the specter of Russia. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “While their lives will never be the same, the specter of a criminal case is no longer looming against Michael.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) He talked tough, invoking the specter of violence, repeatedly and on a range of issues. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a ghostly appearing figure Syn|Hypo|Hyper apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, 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 a mental representation of some haunting experience it aroused specters from his past Syn|Hyper ghost, shade, spectre, spook, wraith apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow something existing in perception only |
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