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

• 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。
• Our plan to stop the Wraith armada, has failed.
  我们阻止幽灵舰队的计划失败了。
• I'll hold the Wraith back for you.
  我帮你在后面挡住幽灵。
• My people have spent their lives hiding from the wraith.
  我们人民花费了他们的一生来躲避幽灵。
• 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？
• I'm assuming it's the war against the wraith.
  我猜是和幽灵的战争。
• Your people were taken by the Wraith too?
  你的人民也被幽灵洗劫了？
• 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。
• Afraid of bringing the Wraith down on anyone you were with?
  担心会把幽灵引到和你一起的人身边？