phantom

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++phan·tom1 /ˈfæntəm/ noun [countable] literary  1. GHOSTthe image of a dead person or strange thing that someone thinks they see 鬼魂，幽灵 SYN ghost2. IMAGINEsomething that exists only in your imagination 幻象；幻影；幻觉

Examples from the Corpus

phantom• She was simply swallowed up like a phantom.• Suddenly a phantom appeared out of the mist, terrifying the hikers.• Tantalizing, ill-defined phantoms moved across its surface and in its depths.• Not even the grimmest phantoms of pagan imagination are wantonly malignant.• And one Phantom, instead of many phantoms.phantom2 adjective [only before noun]  1  literary seeming to appear to someone 幽灵似的，如梦如幻的 a phantom ship 一艘幽灵船2  not real, but seeming real to the person affected 虚幻的；幻觉的 a phantom pregnancy 精神性假妊娠nphantom limb (=an arm or leg that someone feels they still have after it has been cut off)nphantom fat (=fat that someone believes they still have after they have lost weight)3  made to seem real in order to deceive people 虚假的 Phantom contracts were used to make the company seem more successful than it was. 为让公司业务显得比实际上兴旺，使用了假合同。4  used humorously to describe an unknown person that you blame for something annoying 〔指责对象〕身份不明的〔幽默用法〕 The phantom pen stealer strikes again! 那个神秘的偷笔人又下手了！

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phantom• But for her the phantom baby that came to life dancing in her fantasy was a baffling problem.• Climbers Doug Scott and Nick Estcourt both said they saw or sensed phantom climbers.• phantom limb pain in amputees• Who would be her phantom lover?• Together with teacher absence and phantom payrolls, this leaks educational resources away from their intended use.• He planned to fix the election using phantom votes.Origin phantom1 (1200-1300) Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma; → PHANTASM

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phantom

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phan‧tom¹ /ˈfæntəm/ noun [countable] literary1. the image of a dead person or strange thing that someone thinks they see
   SYN  ghost
2. something that exists only in your imagination
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ ghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: His ghost is believed to haunt the house.
   ▪ spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost: evil spirits | the spirit world
   ▪ apparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time: He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.
   ▪ poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around: The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.
   ▪ spook informal a ghost: I’m not scared of spooks.
   ▪ phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person: They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.
   ▪ spectre British English, specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one: She had looked like a spectre. | The following night, the spectre appeared again.

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phantom² adjective [only before noun]
1. literary seeming to appear to someone:
    a phantom ship
2. not real, but seeming real to the person affected:
    a phantom pregnancy
3. made to seem real in order to deceive people:
    Phantom contracts were used to make the company seem more successful than it was.
4. used humorously to describe an unknown person that you blame for something annoying:
    The phantom pen stealer strikes again!