figment
UK/'figmәnt/US
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Definitions
n.
Something invented or imagined, especially an unlikely or untrue idea
虚构的事物；幻想
Root Breakdown
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Example Sentences
- 1.
The monster in the story turned out to be merely a figment of childhood imagination.
- 2.
Scientists debated whether certain paranormal phenomena were actual or figments.