ghost
noun uk/ɡəʊst/ us/ɡoʊst/
(SPIRIT)
B1 [ C ]鬼，幽灵
the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person that some people believe appears to people who are alive
Do you believe in ghosts? 你相信有鬼吗？
The gardens are said to be haunted by the ghost of a child who drowned in the river. 据说一个溺死在河中的孩子的幽灵经常出现在这些花园中。
- More examples
- A headless ghost walks the castle at night - or so the story goes.
- According to tradition, a headless ghost walks through the corridors of the house at night.
- The Society for Psychical Research is investigating reports of a ghost at the old vicarage.
- Have you ever seen a ghost?
- There's no such thing as ghosts.
(MEMORY)
[ S ] literary（通常指对不好的事或人的）记忆，回忆；摆脱不掉的往事
a memory, usually of something or someone bad
The ghost of the old dictator still lingers on. 那个老独裁者在人们的记忆中阴魂不散。
Idioms
give up the ghostidiom 死，死去
to die
humorous（机器）报废，不能运转，完蛋
If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working.
Our old TV had finally given up the ghost. 我们的老电视终于坏了。
UK放弃…;对…绝望
to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed
All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost. 我自童年起珍惜的一切都被夺走了，我只好放弃。
look like/as though you've seen a ghostidiom （某人）看上去非常震惊
to look very shocked
What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost! 到底怎么啦，瞧你一副见鬼了的样子！
not have a/the ghost of a chanceidiom informal 毫无机会
to have no chance at all
They don't have a ghost of a chance of winning. 他们毫无胜算。