ghost

詞意辨析：

soul, ghost, spirit

這些名詞均含“靈魂，心靈”之意。
soul: 指超越身體之外，永遠存在的無形的東西，即所謂靈魂，亦可作人解。
ghost: 普通用詞，主要指死者的靈魂。
spirit: 當指與body相對而言的所謂靈魂時，可與soul互換使用，但強調人的精神素質，也指神仙、精靈等。

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詞型變化：

形容詞:ghosty 動詞過去式:ghosted 過去分詞:ghosted 現在分詞:ghosting 第三人稱單數:ghosts 

英文解釋：

名詞 ghost:

1. a mental representation of some haunting experience
   同義詞：shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
2. a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
   同義詞：ghostwriter
3. the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
4. a suggestion of some quality
   同義詞：touch, trace

動詞 ghost:

1. move like a ghost
2. haunt like a ghost; pursue
   同義詞：haunt, obsess
3. write for someone else
   同義詞：ghostwrite

例句：

1. I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination.
   我看到的不可能是鬼－－一定是幻想的東西吧。
2. The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again.
   那鬼魂已經祛除，不會再回來纏著你了。
3. The car seems to have given up the ghost.
   看來這汽車算是報銷了。
4. Her gold-medal victory laid the ghost of her shock defeat in the European Championships.
   她在歐洲錦標賽中的慘敗終因她奪得金牌的勝利而雪恥。
5. He was shaking with fright as if he had seen a ghost.
   他嚇得直哆嗦，就好像看見了鬼一樣。