名詞 phantom:

1. a ghostly appearing figure
   同義詞：apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
2. something existing in perception only
   同義詞：apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow

形容詞 phantom:

1. something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

1. It is the sort of night when phantom may walk.
   這種夜晚正是幽靈出沒(méi)的時(shí)候
2. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition.
   幻影，幽靈明顯可見(jiàn)但沒(méi)有物質(zhì)的實(shí)體; 幻影或幽靈
3. Have you heard the story of the phantom riders passing by in the night?
   你聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)夜間飄過(guò)的幽靈騎士的故事嗎？

phantom 也作 fan.tom

n.（名詞）

Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition.
幻影；幽靈：可以明顯地看到、聽(tīng)到或感覺(jué)到的，但沒(méi)有物質(zhì)實(shí)體；鬼怪或幽靈
Something elusive or delusive.
錯(cuò)覺(jué)：虛幻的或無(wú)從捉摸的東西
An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
幻想：只在腦中出現(xiàn)的景象；幻景
Something dreaded or despised.
恐懼的事物；討厭的事物
adj.（形容詞）
Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.
虛幻的：類(lèi)似幻想的，具有空想特征的，成為幻想的；幻影的
Fictitious; nonexistent:
虛構(gòu)的，不存在的：
例句：
phantom employees on the payroll.
薪水冊(cè)上不存在的雇員

來(lái)源：
Middle English fantom
中古英語(yǔ) fantom
from Old French fantosme
源自 古法語(yǔ) fantosme
probably from Vulgar Latin *phantauma
可能源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *phantauma
from Greek dialectal *phantagma
源自 希臘方言 *phantagma
from Greek phantasma * see phantasm
源自 希臘語(yǔ) phantasma *參見(jiàn) phantasm