英:['fæntəm]
美:['fæntəm]
英:['fæntəm]
美:['fæntəm]
noun
something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence : apparition
something elusive or visionary
an object of continual dread or abhorrence
the phantom of disease and want
something existing in appearance only
a representation of something abstract, ideal, or incorporeal
she was a phantom of delight—William Wordsworth
adjective
of the nature of, suggesting, or being a phantom : illusory
fictitious, dummy
phantom voters
“phantom”的过时形式。
Noun Middle English fantesme, fantosme, fantome, fantom "what only seems to have reality or value, vanity, illusion, apparition, falsehood," borrowed from Anglo-French fantosme, fantasme — more at phantasm Note: For the etymological relation between this word and phantasm, see the note at the latter word. The spelling with initial ph- is a restoration from the Greek source. Adjective Middle English fantom, from attributive use of fantosme, fantom phantom >entry 1
The first known use of phantom was in the 14th century
phantom1 of 2noun
something (as a ghost) that seems to be there but is not real : apparition
phantom2 of 2adjective
suggesting or being a phantom
existing in name only : not real : fictitious
phantom voters
1 The result is nothing short of a "game-changer” for data access at the World Bank, says Neil Fantom, head of the World Bank's open data initiative.
世行公开数据实施组组长Neil Fantom说,对于获取世行数据而言,上述结果可以说是因“游戏规则改变”而取得的。
2 The book is about the phantoms that are said to haunt the nation's cemeteries.
3 The crisis is merely a phantom made up by the media.
4 People claim to have seen a phantom ship floating on the lake.
5 A number of ballots from phantom voters had to be thrown out.
6 The children had just been told that the Costanzi, the capital’s opera house, had a resident phantom.
7 Various theories that attempted to give this phantom a face have fallen apart.
8 And you believe that this Fantom will attack that conference?
而你认为这个魅影会破坏那场会议?