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

• 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？
• 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。
• Our plan to stop the Wraith armada, has failed.
  我们阻止幽灵舰队的计划失败了。
• They told me of beings called wraith.
  他们告诉我那种被称为幽灵的生物。
• 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。
• But I'm afraid if he's hiding from the wraith.
  但是我怕他正在躲避幽灵。
• We have a Wraith in the city.
  在我们的城市中有一个幽灵。
• We would simply tell them the Wraith took you.
  我们只要说是幽灵干的就行了。
• If we kill all these Wraith first.
  当然我们要先杀死眼前这些幽灵。
• You would like to eliminate the Wraith as a threat?
  你想把幽灵这个威胁消除掉？