ghost
ghost
noun
the ghost in the machine
ghostlike
adjective
语源
noun
- an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image
鬼，鬼魂
the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk.
这座楼里常有一个和尚的鬼魂出没。
■[as modifier]appearing or manifesting but not actually existing
虚幻的，实际不存在的
the Flying Dutchman is the most famous ghost ship.
“空中荷兰人”是最有名的幻影船。
■a faint trace of something
微弱痕迹
she gave the ghost of a smile.
她脸上露出一丝微笑。
■(archaic)a spirit or soul
(古)幽灵；灵魂
■a faint secondary image produced by a fault in an optical system or on a cathode ray screen, e.g. by faulty television reception or internal reflection in a mirror or camera
（由于光学系统中或阴极射线屏上的故障如电视接收故障，镜面或照相机内反射等而产生的）重影
- [with obj.]act as ghost writer of (a work)
捉刀代笔
his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist.
他的回忆录是由一位记者不露痕迹地代笔的。 - [no obj., with adverbial of direction]glide smoothly and effortlessly
（平稳不费力地）滑行
they ghosted up the river.
他们沿河向上游平稳轻松地滑行。
the ghost in the machine
- (Philosophy)the mind viewed as distinct from the body (usually used in a derogatory fashion by critics of dualism)
(哲)机器里出鬼（喻指身心有别或身心独立论，通常系二元论的批评者用来指身心有别论的贬抑用语）
- die
死亡
■(of a machine) stop working
（机器）停止工作
- look very pale and shocked
看上去面无人色，惶恐不已
- have no chance at all
根本没有机会
ghostlike
adjective
语源
- Old English gāst (in the sense 'spirit, soul'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geest and German Geist. The gh- spelling occurs first in Caxton, probably influenced by Flemish gheest
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