wraith

wraith
[reɪθ]
noun
  1. a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death
    (迷信传说在人临死前或死后不久看到的)活人灵魂;阴魂,鬼,幽灵
    ■used in similes and metaphors to describe a pale, thin, or insubstantial person or thing
    [用在明喻或隐喻中]瘦得不成样子的人(或物)
    heart attacks had reduced his mother to a wraith.
    心脏病使得他的母亲瘦得不成人形。
    ■(poetic/literary)a wisp or faint trace of something
    (诗/文)一缕淡淡的物;依稀可辨的东西
    a sea breeze was sending a grey wraith of smoke up the slopes.
    海上清风拂过,一缕淡淡的青烟从大陆坡上升起。
派生
wraithlike
adjective
语源
  1. early 16th cent. (originally Scots): of unknown origin
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