1. 幻影;鬼魂;幽靈 An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being.
apparition
e.g. The patient recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen. 病人認出其中一個(gè)女的是她曾見(jiàn)過(guò)的幽靈。 e.g. ...these apparitions of the Virgin. 圣母顯靈
apparition英英釋義
noun
1. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
e.g. natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
2. something existing in perception only
e.g. a ghostly apparition at midnight
Synonym: phantomphantasmphantasmafantasmshadow
3. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
e.g. I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
4. a ghostly appearing figure
e.g. we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us