phantom
🇬🇧 UK/'fæntәm/🇺🇸 US
GREB1
Definitions
n.
A ghost or apparition; something that appears to exist but has no physical reality.
幽灵,幻影;虚幻的事物
adj.
Not real; existing only in appearance or imagination; fictitious.
幻觉的,虚幻的,有名无实的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.phantom pain幻肢痛
- 2.phantom limb幻肢
Example Sentences
- 1.
The phantom appeared in the old castle and frightened the servants.
- 2.
Some dismissed the story as merely a phantom of her imagination.
- 3.
The phantom figures dissolved into mist as dawn approached.