"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
something existing in perception only;
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Adjective
something apparently sensed but having no physical reality;
"seemed to hear faint phantom bells" "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"
例句
用作名词(n.)
The phantom that my mind pursued, was another and more real child.我的心灵追求的幻影是另一个较为真切的孩子。
It is the sort of night when phantom may walk.这种夜晚正是幽灵出没的时候
Have you heard the story of the phantom riders passing by in the night?你听说过夜间飘过的幽灵骑士的故事吗？
用作形容词(adj.)
Because Phantom Hourglass takes place in the same world as The Wind Waker, you'll once again be traveling among a lot of relatively small islands.因为幻影的沙漏发生在与风之仗相同的世界里，所以，你会再一次地在许多相关的小岛间旅行。
Based on the concept of persistence of vision, the Phantom's single rotor blade has a center of rotation outside of the UAVs' physical fuselage.为了便于持续观察，幻影的单个旋翼的刀片有一个旋转中心，这个旋转中心位于机身外侧。
Phantom horsemen rode by in the night.幽灵似的骑马人在夜间催马而过。
