wraith

英 [reɪθ] 美 [reɪθ]

• n. 鬼魂；死灵；幽灵

英英释义

Noun:

1. a mental representation of some haunting experience;

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"
   "it aroused specters from his past"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He was a wraith-like figure.
   他是一个瘦骨嶙峋，面色苍白如鬼魂的人。
2. My only question right now involves the wraith.
   我现在唯一的问题是关于幽灵的。

经典引文

• A tall wraith of a woman looking as though any wind might blow her away.

  出自： W. C. Williams

• The mist was maddeningly slow to lift...Then, quite suddenly the drifting wraiths were gone.

  出自： B. England

近反义词

【近义词】

• apparition 鬼
• soul 灵魂
• ghost 幽灵
• specter 幽灵
• spectre 鬼怪
• shade 阴影
• phantom 幻影
• spirit 精神
• spook 幽灵