phantom
US /ˈfæn.t̬əm/
UK /ˈfæn.təm/
名詞
幽靈, 幻影, 虛影
a ghost; a product of the imagination
範例:
•
She claimed to have seen a phantom in the old house.
她聲稱在老房子裡看到了一個幽靈。
•
The pain was a mere phantom, a trick of the mind.
疼痛只是一個幻影,是心靈的把戲。
形容詞
幻影的, 虛構的, 假想的
illusory; existing only in the imagination
範例:
•
He felt a phantom limb pain after the amputation.
截肢後他感到幻肢痛。
•
The company was a phantom organization, existing only on paper.
這家公司是一個虛構的組織,只存在於紙面上。