phantom
noun
adj
ˈfæntəm
noun
1
the
image
of
a
dead
person
or
strange
thing
that
someone
thinks
they
see
鬼魂，幽灵;
2
something
that
exists
only
in
your
imagination
幻象; 幻觉; 幻影
adj
3
seeming
to
appear
to
someone
[文] 幽灵似的，如梦如幻的
literary
a
phantom
ship
一艘幽灵船
4
not
real,
but
seeming
real
to
the
person
affected
虚幻的; 幻觉的
a
phantom
pregnancy
精神性假妊娠
5
made
to
seem
real
in
order
to
deceive
people
虚假的
Phantom
contracts
were
used
to
make
the
company
seem
more
successful
than
it
was.
为让公司业务显得比实际上兴旺使用了假合同。
6
used
humorously
to
describe
an
unknown
person
that
you
blame
for
something
annoying
〔指责对象〕身份不明的〔幽默用法〕
The
phantom
pen
stealer
strikes
again!
那个神秘的偷笔人又下手了！