ghost

/ɡəʊst/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

鬼;幽灵;一丝;一点点(常用于否定)

释义与例句

n. 鬼;幽灵
the spirit of a dead person that some people believe they can see or hear
  1. The children refused to enter the empty house because they believed a ghost lived there.
    孩子们不肯进那所空房子,因为他们相信里面住着鬼。
  2. In the story, the ghost of a sailor appears on the beach at midnight.
    故事里,一名水手的鬼魂午夜出现在海滩上。
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  1. She looked as pale as a ghost after hearing the news.
    听到这个消息后,她脸色苍白得像个幽灵。
n. 一丝;一点点(常用于否定)
a very slight amount of something, used mainly in negative statements
  1. He doesn't have a ghost of a chance of winning the election.
    他赢得选举的希望微乎其微。
  2. There wasn't a ghost of a smile on her face when she opened the letter.
    她拆开信时,脸上没有一丝笑容。
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  1. Years later, the village had not a ghost of its old charm.
    多年以后,这个村庄丝毫没有往日的魅力了。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 ghost 中的 h 不发音,读 /ɡəʊst/;a ghost of a chance 表示“极小的机会”,通常与 not 连用。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • ghostly 幽灵般的;阴森森的
    ghostly 是形容词,常形容苍白、阴森的样子;ghost 是名词。
  • ghost town 废弃的城镇
    ghost town 是固定复合名词,指居民全部迁走后空置的城镇。
同义词
  • spirit 幽灵;灵魂
    spirit 指人的灵魂或鬼魂,也可指神灵;ghost 更具体,指人死后出现、被人看见的鬼魂,常用于鬼故事。
    Some villagers believe that a spirit guards the old well. 一些村民相信有个幽灵守护着那口古井。
  • phantom 幽灵;幻影
    phantom 更书面,常带有幻象、虚幻的意味;ghost 是日常最常用的说法。
    A phantom appeared at the end of the corridor. 一个幽灵出现在走廊尽头。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • host 主人;主持人
    ghost 比 host 多一个 g:ghost 是“鬼魂”,host 是“主人;主持人”,拼写时不要漏掉 g。
    Our host welcomed each guest at the door. 主人在门口迎接每一位客人。
常见搭配
  • ghost story 鬼故事
    Grandpa told us a ghost story before we went to bed. 睡觉前,爷爷给我们讲了一个鬼故事。
  • ghost town 废弃的城镇
    After the mine closed, the town slowly became a ghost town. 矿场关闭后,这座小镇慢慢变成了一座废弃城镇。
  • give up the ghost (机器)彻底坏掉;断气
    I think this old printer is about to give up the ghost. 我觉得这台旧打印机快要彻底报废了。