ghost
n
1 spirit of a dead person appearing to sb who is still living 鬼; 幽靈
The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel. 據說瑪格麗特女士的鬼魂常在這個禮拜堂出沒.
I don't believe in ghosts, ie don't believe that they exist. 我不相信有鬼.
He looked as if he had seen a ghost, ie looked very frightened. 他那副驚駭的樣子就像見到了鬼似的.
2 [sing] ~ of sth (fig 比喻) very faint, slight amount or trace of sth 某事物的一點點; 朦朧的痕跡; 隱約的一絲
The ghost of a smile (ie a very faint smile) played round her lips. 她嘴角上露著一絲微笑.
You haven't a ghost of a chance, ie You have no chance. 你毫無機會.
3 faint secondary image on a television screen (電視屏幕 上的)重影, 重像.
4 (idm 習語) give up the `ghost
(a) die 死.
(b) (joc 謔) fail to work or to make an effort 失效; 不能使用; 不再努力
The car seems to have given up the ghost. 看來這汽車算是報銷了. lay a `ghost
(a) exorcise an evil spirit 驅除魔鬼
The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again. 那鬼魂已經祛除, 不會再回來纏著你了.
(b) (infml 口) finally overcome a previous failure which seemed impossible to recover from 終於洗雪前次似無可挽回的失敗
Her gold-medal victory laid the ghost of her shock defeat in the European Championships. 她在歐洲錦標賽中的慘敗終因她奪得金牌的勝利而雪恥. ghost, v [Ipr, Tn]
~ (for) sb act as a ghost-writer for sb 給某人捉刀; 為人代筆
He ghosts for a number of sports personalities who `write' newspaper columns. 他給一些為報紙專欄`寫'文章的體育界名人做捉刀人.
her ghosted memoirs, ie written by someone else 她那由別人代筆的回憶錄.