Apparition
[æpə'rɪʃ(ə)n] or [,æpə'rɪʃən]
解释:
(noun.) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; 'natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger'.
(noun.) something existing in perception only; 'a ghostly apparition at midnight'.
(noun.) the appearance of a ghostlike figure; 'I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter'.
(noun.) a ghostly appearing figure; 'we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us'.
乔迪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
(n.) The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
(n.) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
(n.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
弗里达编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Ghost, spectre, phantom, phantasm, spirit, sprite, hobgoblin, shade, chimera, illusion, WRAITH, vision, preternatural appearance.
乔安娜录入
解释:
n. an appearance—of a visitor a comet the appearance in history: an immaterial appearance—of a spirit of the departed as of a real being a ghost: (astron.) the first appearance of a celestial body after occultation.—adj. Appari′tional.
克拉丽斯编辑
娱乐性解释：
Take unusual care of all depending upon you. Calamity awaits you and yours. Both property and life are in danger. Young people should be decidedly upright in their communications with the opposite sex. Character is likely to be rated at a discount.
手打:穆里尔
例句:
- In a whisper, he explained to me the apparition of the three figures on the platform of rock. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- At another time we were haunted for several days by an apparition, to which our people gave the appellation of the Black Spectre. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The time occupied by the apparition of these meteors was comparatively short; suddenly the three mock suns united in one, and plunged into the sea. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- He fell backward in his chair, and, clasping his hands together, gazed on the apparition with a mingled look of abhorrence and fear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The poor thing was probably dazzled by such an unwonted apparition. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Page one hundred and fifty-six as follows:--'I stood like one Thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an Apparition. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- She would seize, she would fix the apparition, tell the vision revealed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He reminded her of an apparition, the young Hermes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The apparition had been transient--scarce seen ere gone; but its electric passage left her veins kindled, her soul insurgent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Does not the apparition make vividly manifest the obtuse mould of my heavy traits? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- All evening, though I tried to think of other things, my mind would still turn to the apparition at the window and the rudeness of the woman. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The shade of a young butcher rises, like the apparition of an armed head in Macbeth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- His bushy light-brown curls, as well as his youthfulness, identified him at once with Celia's apparition. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But WERE such apparitions unwonted on Selden's stairs? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- They are such touches of nature as the art of Defoe might have introduced when he wished to win credibility for marvels and apparitions. 柏拉图. 理想国.
录入:伦纳德