phantom
n
1
(a) (also phantasm) ghostly image or figure; ghost 幽靈; 鬼魂
the phantom of his dead father 他亡父的幽靈
[attrib 作定語]
the legend of the phantom ship 鬼船的傳說.
(b) [esp attrib 尤作定語]
(joc 謔) person whose actions are known about, but whose identity is (supposedly) not known 知其行為而不知其身分的人
The phantom cake-eater has been here again! 那神出鬼沒的偷吃蛋糕的人又來過這兒了!
2 unreal or imagined thing, as seen in a dream or vision; illusion 不真實的或想像的事物; 夢幻之物; 幻覺
[attrib 作定語]
the phantom visions created by a tormented mind 受折磨的心靈產生的幻覺
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.