phantom
n
1
(a) (also phantasm) ghostly image or figure; ghost 幽灵; 鬼魂
the phantom of his dead father 他亡父的幽灵
[attrib 作定语]
the legend of the phantom ship 鬼船的传说.
(b) [esp attrib 尤作定语]
(joc 谑) person whose actions are known about, but whose identity is (supposedly) not known 知其行为而不知其身分的人
The phantom cake-eater has been here again! 那神出鬼没的偷吃蛋糕的人又来过这儿了!
2 unreal or imagined thing, as seen in a dream or vision; illusion 不真实的或想像的事物; 梦幻之物; 幻觉
[attrib 作定语]
the phantom visions created by a tormented mind 受折磨的心灵产生的幻觉
phantom pregnancy, ie condition in which a woman wrongly believes she is pregnant and in which some of the symptoms of pregnancy may appear 精神性假妊娠.
I must tell you it's the best party I've ever had.
我一点要说,我从没去过这么出色的舞会。
Junk
零碎废物
The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea,which is now just a suburb of Los