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

• Long range sensors have just detected two Wraith cruisers heading this way.
  远程探测器刚刚发现了两艘幽灵巡洋舰朝这里来了。
• 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。
• If we kill all these Wraith first.
  当然我们要先杀死眼前这些幽灵。
• When I developed this retrovirus for the wraith.
  我为幽灵研制逆转录酶病毒的目的。
• We would simply tell them the Wraith took you.
  我们只要说是幽灵干的就行了。
• Our people have been in Wraith hands too long.
  我们的人在幽灵手中太久了。
• 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。
• You would like to eliminate the Wraith as a threat?
  你想把幽灵这个威胁消除掉？
• Why did the Wraith scientist stop the experiments?
  为什么幽灵科学家停止了实验？
• And yet I sense no Wraith here.
  我还没感觉到幽灵。