wraith

英 [reɪθ]

美 [reɪθ]

n.  (临终前后显现的)活人灵魂，鬼魂

复数：wraiths　

GRE

BNC.26214 / COCA.28186

牛津词典

noun

• （临终前后显现的）活人灵魂，鬼魂
  the ghost of a person that is seen a short time before or after that person dies
  1. a wraith-like figure (= a very thin, pale person)
     瘦削苍白、幽灵似的人

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鬼魂;幽灵
  Awraithis a ghost.
  1. That child flits about like a wraith.
     那个孩子像幽灵一样飞快地跑来跑去。

英英释义

noun

• a mental representation of some haunting experience
  1. he looked like he had seen a ghost
  2. it aroused specters from his past
  Synonym:ghostshadespookspecterspectre

双语例句

• He thinks it's the only chance we have at defeating the wraith.
  他认为这是唯一可以打败幽灵的机会。
• We have a Wraith in the city.
  在我们的城市中有一个幽灵。
• He was struck by a Wraith weapon.
  他被幽灵武器击中了。
• Your people were taken by the Wraith too?
  你的人民也被幽灵洗劫了？
• I'm assuming it's the war against the wraith.
  我猜是和幽灵的战争。
• So, what you're saying is the ancients actually created the wraith?
  照你这么说，实际上是古人创造了幽灵？
• You're giving him to the wraith?
  你要把他交给幽灵？
• But I'm afraid if he's hiding from the wraith.
  但是我怕他正在躲避幽灵。
• His journals tell of one man who survived an encounter with the wraith.
  他的日记，告诉我们一个男人如何在一次和幽灵的相遇中存活下来。
• You told me that your father was taken by the wraith.
  你跟我说过你的父亲被幽灵掠走。