spectre
spectre(美 specter)noun- a ghost
鬼怪,幽灵
■something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence
似幽灵一样令人恐惧的事物
the spectre of nuclear holocaust.
对核屠杀的恐惧。
语源- early 17th cent.: from French spectre or Latin spectrum (see spectrum)
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