Apparition

(noun.) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; 'natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger'.

(noun.) something existing in perception only; 'a ghostly apparition at midnight'.

(noun.) the appearance of a ghostlike figure; 'I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter'.

(noun.) a ghostly appearing figure; 'we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us'.

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• In a whisper, he explained to me the apparition of the three figures on the platform of rock. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• At another time we were haunted for several days by an apparition, to which our people gave the appellation of the Black Spectre. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The time occupied by the apparition of these meteors was comparatively short; suddenly the three mock suns united in one, and plunged into the sea. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He fell backward in his chair, and, clasping his hands together, gazed on the apparition with a mingled look of abhorrence and fear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The poor thing was probably dazzled by such an unwonted apparition. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Page one hundred and fifty-six as follows:--'I stood like one Thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an Apparition. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She would seize, she would fix the apparition, tell the vision revealed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He reminded her of an apparition, the young Hermes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The apparition had been transient--scarce seen ere gone; but its electric passage left her veins kindled, her soul insurgent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Does not the apparition make vividly manifest the obtuse mould of my heavy traits? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• All evening, though I tried to think of other things, my mind would still turn to the apparition at the window and the rudeness of the woman. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The shade of a young butcher rises, like the apparition of an armed head in Macbeth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• His bushy light-brown curls, as well as his youthfulness, identified him at once with Celia's apparition. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But WERE such apparitions unwonted on Selden's stairs? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• They are such touches of nature as the art of Defoe might have introduced when he wished to win credibility for marvels and apparitions. 柏拉图. 理想国.

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