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

• We would simply tell them the Wraith took you.
  我们只要说是幽灵干的就行了。
• But I'm afraid if he's hiding from the wraith.
  但是我怕他正在躲避幽灵。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I developed this retrovirus for the wraith.
  我为幽灵研制逆转录酶病毒的目的。
• Your people were taken by the Wraith too?
  你的人民也被幽灵洗劫了？
• Our people have been in Wraith hands too long.
  我们的人在幽灵手中太久了。
• In the same room as a starving wraith.
  和一个饿得要死的幽灵放在一个房间里。
• We have a Wraith in the city.
  在我们的城市中有一个幽灵。