phantasm
phantasm
[ˈfantaz(ə)m]
noun
phantasmal
adjective
phantasmic
adjective
语源
[ˈfantaz(ə)m]
noun
- (poetic/literary)a figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition
(诗/文)幻影，幻觉；幽灵，鬼魂
the cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm.
那辆敞篷马车像可怕的幽灵在滑动。
■(archaic)an illusory likeness of something
(古)幻景，幻象
every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified.
希望的所有幻景很快破灭了。
phantasmal
adjective
phantasmic
adjective
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'deceptive appearance'): from Old French fantasme, via Latin from Greek phantasma, from phantazein 'make visible', from phainein 'to show'. The change from f- to ph- in the 16th cent. was influenced by the Latin spelling
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