apparition

名词 apparition:

1. a ghostly appearing figure
   同义词：phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
2. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
3. something existing in perception only
   同义词：phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
4. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

1. An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death.
   灵魂出窍，亡魂显现活着的人在其临死前出现的作为预兆的鬼魂
2. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition.
   幻影，幽灵明显可见但没有物质的实体; 幻影或幽灵
3. You look as though you've seen an apparition.
   你好象撞见了鬼似的。
4. He saw the apparition of his dead wife.
   他看见了亡妻的幽灵。

ap.pa.ri.tion

n.（名词）
A ghostly figure; a specter.
幽灵；幻影
A sudden or unusual sight.
突然景象，特异景象
The act of appearing; appearance.
出现，显形：出现的行为；露面

来源：
Middle English apparicioun
中古英语 apparicioun
from Old French apparition
源自 古法语 apparition
from Late Latin app3ritiô app3ritiôn- [an appearance]
源自 后期拉丁语 app3ritiô app3ritiôn- [出现]
from Latin app3ritus [past participle of] app3rôre [to appear] * see appear
源自 拉丁语 app3ritus [] app3rôre的过去分词 [出现] *参见 appear

【引伸】
ap.pari.tional
adj.（形容词）