apparition

英 [æpə'rɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,æpə'rɪʃən]

• n. 幽灵；幻影；鬼怪；离奇出现的东西

1. a ghostly appearing figure;

"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

2. the appearance of a ghostlike figure;

"I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"

3. something existing in perception only;

"a ghostly apparition at midnight"

4. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly;

"natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger"