a ghost or ghostlike image of a person 幽灵,人的幽灵般的幻影 ■[mass noun]the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected, especially an image of this type (特异景象等的)出现,显形;特异景象 the transient apparition of a spectre. 幽灵的转瞬即逝。
派生 apparitional adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'the action of appearing'): from Latin apparitio(n-) 'attendance', from the verb apparere (see appear)