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spectre 音標拼音: [sp'ɛktɚ] n. 幽靈,妖怪,恐怖的根源 幽靈,妖怪,恐怖的根源 spectre n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; " we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [ synonym: { apparition}, { phantom}, { phantasm}, { phantasma}, { fantasm}, { specter}, { spectre}] 2: a mental representation of some haunting experience; " he looked like he had seen a ghost"; " it aroused specters from his past" [ synonym: { ghost}, { shade}, { spook}, { wraith}, { specter}, { spectre}] Spectre \ Spec" tre\, n. See { Specter}. [ 1913 Webster]
Specter \ Spec" ter\, Spectre \ Spec" tre\, n. [ F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See { Spy}, and cf. { Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [ 1913 Webster] The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) ( a) The tarsius. ( b) A stick insect. [ 1913 Webster] { Specter bat} ( Zool.), any phyllostome bat. { Specter candle} ( Zool.), a belemnite. { Specter shrimp} ( Zool.), a skeleton shrimp. See under { Skeleton}. [ 1913 Webster]
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