an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image
鬼，鬼魂
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the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk. 这座楼里常有一个和尚的鬼魂出没。
[as modifier]appearing or manifesting but not actually existing
虚幻的，实际不存在的
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the Flying Dutchman is the most famous ghost ship .“空中荷兰人”是最有名的幻影船。
a faint trace of something
微弱痕迹，隐约的一丝
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she gave the ghost of a smile .她脸上露出一丝微笑。
〈古〉 幽灵；灵魂。
a faint secondary image produced by a fault in an optical system or on a cathode ray screen, e.g. by faulty television reception or internal reflection in a mirror or camera
（由于光学系统中或阴极射线屏上的故障如电视接收故障，镜面或照相机内反射等而产生的）重影。
[with obj.]act as ghost writer of (a work)
为…捉刀代笔
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his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist .他的回忆录是由一位记者不露痕迹地代笔的。
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]glide smoothly and effortlessly
（平稳不费力地）滑行
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they ghosted up the river .他们沿河向上游平稳轻松地滑行。
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the ghost in the machine Philosophy the mind viewed as distinct from the body （usually used in a derogatory fashion by critics of dualism）【哲】 机器里出鬼（喻指身心有别或身心独立论，通常系二元论的批评者用来指身心有别论的贬抑用语） -
［ORIGIN coined by the philosopher Gilbert Ryle （1949）．］
give up the ghost die 死亡 -
（of a machine） stop working （机器）停止工作
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look as if you have seen a ghost look very pale and shocked 看上去面无人色，惶恐不已 -
not stand the ghost of a chance have no chance at all 根本没有机会
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ghostn.鬼；鬼魂；灵魂；虚幻的；实际不存在的；微弱痕迹；隐约的一丝；幽灵；重影
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hostn.主人；寄主；宿主；接受移植组织的受体；主机；生存地；许多人；圣体；主办方；主办地
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