ghost
noun
uk/ɡəʊst/us/ɡoʊst/ghostnoun(SPIRIT)
B1[C]
thespiritof adeadperson, sometimesrepresentedas apale,almosttransparentimageof thatpersonthat somepeoplebelieveappearstopeoplewho arealive:
鬼，幽灵Do youbelieveinghosts?你相信有鬼吗？
Thegardensare said to behauntedby the ghostofachildwhodrownedin theriver.据说一个溺死在河中的孩子的幽灵经常出现在这些花园中。
- Aheadlessghostwalksthecastleatnight- or so thestorygoes.
- According totradition, aheadlessghostwalksthrough thecorridorsof thehouseatnight.
- The Society for Psychical Research isinvestigatingreportsof a ghost at theoldvicarage.
- Have youeverseena ghost?
- There's no such thing as ghosts.
Souls, spirits & ghosts
- apparition
- astral plane
- aura
- chi
- chthonic
- ectoplasm
- incorporeal
- incubus
- necromancer
- necromancy
- Ouija board
- reincarnation
- soul
- spectre
- spirit
- succubus
- séance
- wight
- wraith
- zombie
ghostnoun(MEMORY)
[S]literary
amemory, usually of something or someonebad:
（通常指对不好的事或人的）记忆，回忆；摆脱不掉的往事The ghostoftheolddictatorstilllingerson.那个老独裁者在人们的记忆中阴魂不散。
Memory and memories
- at/in the back ofyourmindidiom
- clear
- confabulation
- corporate memory
- eidetic
- false memory syndrome
- flash
- go down
- live
- long memory
- memory
- memory bank
- muscle memory
- nostalgia
- nostalgic
- retentive
- short-term memory
- to the best ofmyrecollectionidiom
- unsee
- within living memoryidiom
Idioms
give up the ghost
look like/as thoughyou'veseen a ghost
not have a/the ghost of a chance
ghost
verb
uk/ɡəʊst/us/ɡoʊst/ghostverb(WRITE)
[T](alsoghostwrite)
to write abook,article, etc. for anotherpersontopublishundertheirownname:
Awriterfriendof his wasghostingtheautobiographyof ajockey.
Most of Reagan'snewspapercolumnswereghostedfor him.
- Around 80percentofcelebritybooksareghosted.
- Tonyisghostingthememoirsof Eddie, an ex-con who went toprisonfor hispartin abullionrobbery.
- He is afreelancewriterwho isghostinganarticlefor acorporateexecutive.
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- touch-type
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
ghostverb(END COMMUNICATION)
[IorT]informal
to end arelationshipwith someonesuddenlybystoppingallcommunicationwith them:
Should Imessageher back or just ghost?
I couldn'tunderstandwhy I'd beenghosted.
- She wasfuriousabout beingghostedby Dan.
- If youwanttofinishwith aboyfriend,tellhim, don't just ghost.
- Heghostedhisgirlfriendand then shebecamehisboss.
Relationships: ending & divorce
- affiliation order
- annul
- annulment
- breaksomethingup
- bust
- bust up
- child support
- chuck
- dump
- givesomeonethe elbowidiom
- givesomeonethe heave-hoidiom
- givesomeonethe pushidiom
- go off withsomeone
- grow apart
- rebound
- run out onsomeone/something
- separate
- separation
- split up
- throw
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Neglecting and ignoring
ghostverb(MOVE)
[I]
tomovesomewheresmoothly,quicklyandquietly:
Theyslidthrough thebiggateandghostedacrossthepark.
Thebigstrikerghostedto the backpostandscored.
- Sarahsuddenlyghostedout from behind theshed.
- Threeyouthsghostedout from anarrowalleywayashortdistanceaheadof her.
- Severalblackshapeswereghostingswiftlyover thegrass.
Advancing and moving forward
- advance
- advancing
- beeline
- come
- come over
- come up
- cruise
- gain
- gain onsomeone/something
- glide
- head
- make
- make forsomewhere/something
- make towardssomething/someone
- proceed
- progress
- pull
- push
- run
- slide