phantom

名词 phantom:

1. a ghostly appearing figure
   同义词：apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
2. something existing in perception only
   同义词：apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow

形容词 phantom:

1. something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

1. It is the sort of night when phantom may walk.
   这种夜晚正是幽灵出没的时候
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. Have you heard the story of the phantom riders passing by in the night?
   你听说过夜间飘过的幽灵骑士的故事吗？

phantom 也作 fan.tom

n.（名词）

Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition.
幻影；幽灵：可以明显地看到、听到或感觉到的，但没有物质实体；鬼怪或幽灵
Something elusive or delusive.
错觉：虚幻的或无从捉摸的东西
An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
幻想：只在脑中出现的景象；幻景
Something dreaded or despised.
恐惧的事物；讨厌的事物
adj.（形容词）
Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.
虚幻的：类似幻想的，具有空想特征的，成为幻想的；幻影的
Fictitious; nonexistent:
虚构的，不存在的：
例句：
phantom employees on the payroll.
薪水册上不存在的雇员

来源：
Middle English fantom
中古英语 fantom
from Old French fantosme
源自 古法语 fantosme
probably from Vulgar Latin *phantauma
可能源自 俗拉丁语 *phantauma
from Greek dialectal *phantagma
源自 希腊方言 *phantagma
from Greek phantasma * see phantasm
源自 希腊语 phantasma *参见 phantasm