ghost

noun

/ɡəʊst/

Idioms

[countable] the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear鬼；鬼魂；幽灵
- Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist)?你相信有鬼吗？
- ghost of somebody The ghost of her father had come back to haunt her.她父亲的鬼魂回来缠着她。
- He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened)他那副样子就像是见到鬼一样。
- The ghost hunters have so far found nothing.幽灵猎人至今一无所获。
- A priest was called in to exorcize the ghost.请来了一个牧师驱鬼。
- He looked as pale as a ghost as he climbed out of the wrecked car.从撞坏的车中爬出来时，他面无人色。
- The ghost of a hanged man is said to haunt the house.据说一个吊死者的鬼魂常在这所房子里出没。
Collocations Dictionary
verb + ghost
- see
- believe in
- conjure
- …
ghost + verb
- appear
- haunt something
- walk
- …
ghost + noun
- story
preposition
- ghost of
phrases
- as pale as a ghost
- as white as a ghost
[countable] the memory of something, especially something bad（尤指可怕事物的）记忆，回忆
- The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.反犹主义在欧洲仍然阴魂不散。
[singular] ghost of something a very slight amount of something that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists隐约的一点点；（某物残留的）一丝，一点
- There was a ghost of a smile on his face.他脸上露出隐隐的一丝微笑。
- You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance).你一点儿机会都没有。
[singular] a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault（电视屏幕上的）重影

词源Old English gāst (in the sense ‘spirit, soul’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geest and German Geist. The gh- spelling occurs first in Caxton, probably influenced by Flemish gheest.

Idioms

be a shadow/ghost of your former self

to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have失去昔日的力量（或影响等）；威风不再；不如当年
- When his career ended, he became a shadow of his former self.当他的职业生涯结束时，他变成了以前的自己的影子。

give up the ghost

to die死
(humorous) (of a machine机器) to stop working报废；不能运转；完蛋
- My car finally gave up the ghost.我的汽车终于报废了。

ghost

verb

/ɡəʊst/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they ghost	/ɡəʊst/ /ɡəʊst/
he / she / it ghosts	/ɡəʊsts/ /ɡəʊsts/
past simple ghosted	/ˈɡəʊstɪd/ /ˈɡəʊstɪd/
past participle ghosted	/ˈɡəʊstɪd/ /ˈɡəʊstɪd/
-ing form ghosting	/ˈɡəʊstɪŋ/ /ˈɡəʊstɪŋ/

(also ghostwrite)
[transitive, usually passive, intransitive] to write a book, an article, etc. for another person who publishes it as their own work死
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) to move without making a sound悄悄地行进
- They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.他们悄悄地航行在平静的河水上。
[transitive] ghost somebody to suddenly stop all communication with somebody, usually online, in order to end a relationship死
- I'd never before heard of a husband ghosting his wife.我以前从未听说过丈夫会假扮妻子。
- When you're ghosted, it's difficult, because you may hang on to false hope.当你被鬼缠身时，这很困难，因为你可能会抱着错误的希望。

词源Old English gāst (in the sense ‘spirit, soul’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geest and German Geist. The gh- spelling occurs first in Caxton, probably influenced by Flemish gheest.