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。
• He was struck by a Wraith weapon.
  他被幽灵武器击中了。
• You would like to eliminate the Wraith as a threat?
  你想把幽灵这个威胁消除掉？
• Why did the Wraith scientist stop the experiments?
  为什么幽灵科学家停止了实验？
• I think we can rule out that they were created by the wraith.
  我想我们可以排出它们是由幽灵制造的可能性了。
• 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？
• 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。
• That child flits about like a wraith.
  那个孩子像幽灵一样飞快地跑来跑去。
• We have less than one week before the Wraith arrive.
  据幽灵到达这里还剩不到一个星期了。
• They told me of beings called wraith.
  他们告诉我那种被称为幽灵的生物。