Specter



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.鬼魂, 幽灵; 恐惧
• ［英］ n.鬼魂, 幽灵 ( ghost) ; 恐惧 ( something that haunt the mind)
• ［记］ spect ( 看) ＋er -> 鬼怪
• ［例］ the specter of oil crisis ( 对石油危机的恐惧)

Webster Collegiate

or spectre noun

• Etymology: French spectre, from Latin spectrum appearance, specter, from specere to look, look at — more at spy
• Date: 1605
• 1. a visible disembodied spirit ; ghost
• 2. something that haunts or perturbs the mind ; phantasm <the specter of hunger>

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