Definition of spectre in English:

spectre

(US specter)

noun ˈspɛktəˈspɛktər

1A ghost.
鬼怪，幽灵
a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life
Example sentencesExamples
- The castle itself was haunted, and not just be family ghosts like the Manor, but by terrifying blood drenched spectres, ghouls and a poltergeist.
- I searched the entire throne room, expecting to find a specter or ghost pop out at any second, and my imagination slowly took over reason.
- A hunter of ghosts since his late teens, 35-year-old Taylor says interest in spooks, specters and other spiritual what-not is greater than ever.
- They both sensed the spectre's presence at the same time.
- Of course, this scary apparition is a specter much more often cited than sighted.
- When is the last time you played a ‘survival-horror’ game that featured specters, spirits, and ghosts as the main enemy?
- But the movie is mostly about people seeing ghost images on TVs, seeing specters and electronics turning themselves on and off.
- As more people got into the accusation game, the stories became more bizarre, with accusers claiming, for example, to have seen the specters of witches and witnessed their deeds.
- In such a light, psychology would be the science of the double, of specters, and every photograph a double exposure.
- In curing speech of specters and ghosts, analytical philosophy claims to cleanse the mind of a dreamy fondness for every sort of idealism, vitalism, Platonism, and transcendentalism.
- Earlier I compared the apparition of specters in Observe the Sons of Ulster to sequences of reverance in Macbeth and Hamlet.
- People love to be frightened by make-believe versions of the supernatural, such as ghost stories and vividly hideous specters that pop out of the dark.
- He believes the spectre is the ghost of Pte Crowley, of the 11th North Devonshire Regiment.
- The two men led us in silence, moving like two specters from something out of a ghost story.
- I didn't know why, but the invisible specter made his presence more felt.
- It was as if I were following a hidden specter or ghost.
- It was translucent and obviously a ghost or a close variation of a specter, bowing at the young scientist courteously.
- Only when memory is, like the narrator's in Kesey's novel, sufficiently dim, do the dead appear as specters and ghosts.
- The actress was forced to review her disbelief in ghosts when she saw a spectre at New York's Belasco Theater.
- The train, with its dim lights, stood there like a monster spectre in the dark.
Synonyms
ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence, illusion
Scottish &amp Irish bodach
German doppelgänger
West Indian duppy
informal spook
literary phantasm, shade, revenant, wight
rare eidolon, manes
1. 1.1 Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence.
  似幽灵一样令人恐惧的事物
  the spectre of nuclear holocaust
  核毁灭的恐怖。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our world has changed; we must adjust our living habits as necessary to address the increased danger that the specter of terrorism brings.
  A final problem is the specter of human reproductive cloning - to which nearly all voters are opposed.
  We would have a brighter future, not threatened by the specter of global warming.
  But a series of U.S. and Soviet hydrogen bomb tests reawakened public fears, this time focused on the specter of radioactive fallout.
  The spectre of fascism is not haunting Europe, reports Dominic Standish from Italy.
  The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 also greatly intensified middle-class fears of the spectre of the radical Left.
  It also raises the specter of a dangerous shift toward protectionism.
  And with the creep of monetary inflation comes the specter of myriad inflationary effects, currency debasement, and progressive monetary disorder.
  Lately she's been thinking a lot about selling her home to break free from debt, because she fears the specter of foreclosure every day.
  Biological, chemical and nuclear threats have all figured large, as has the spectre of the suicide bomber or pilot.
  The ease with which he could jump from a crisis of British farming to the spectre of biological warfare highlighted the salience of fear as a political resource today.
  Overblown fears about social instability have created the spectre of the terrorist asylum seeker.
  Again, the specter of counterparty risk becomes an issue.
  Such a government is threatened at all times by the spectre of a vote of non-confidence, forcing an election or change of government.
  Jamieson, a lawyer, raised the spectre of legal trouble for the assembly if chiefs were not allowed to vote.
  That was the Fed's first rate hike in four years, driven by growing evidence of a strengthening U.S. labour market and the spectre of new inflationary pressures.
  There is not a sport within the Olympic movement that does not have a cloud hanging over it in terms of the spectre of drug abuse.
  In China, a huge surplus and high savings are raising the specter of inflation.
  The city transportation engineer offered these encouraging words at a preferred-parking hearing, in response to a questioner who had raised the specter of counterfeit parking permits.
  However, intensive care also raises the specter of treatment for treatment's sake and fears of a life prolonged needlessly by machines.
  Synonyms
  threat, menace, shadow, cloud, vision
  prospect
  danger, peril, fear, dread

Origin

Early 17th century: from French spectre or Latin spectrum (see spectrum).

Definition of specter in US English:

specter

(British spectre)

nounˈspektərˈspɛktər

1A ghost.
鬼怪，幽灵
Example sentencesExamples
- The actress was forced to review her disbelief in ghosts when she saw a spectre at New York's Belasco Theater.
- Of course, this scary apparition is a specter much more often cited than sighted.
- I searched the entire throne room, expecting to find a specter or ghost pop out at any second, and my imagination slowly took over reason.
- The train, with its dim lights, stood there like a monster spectre in the dark.
- But the movie is mostly about people seeing ghost images on TVs, seeing specters and electronics turning themselves on and off.
- When is the last time you played a ‘survival-horror’ game that featured specters, spirits, and ghosts as the main enemy?
- A hunter of ghosts since his late teens, 35-year-old Taylor says interest in spooks, specters and other spiritual what-not is greater than ever.
- I didn't know why, but the invisible specter made his presence more felt.
- The two men led us in silence, moving like two specters from something out of a ghost story.
- The castle itself was haunted, and not just be family ghosts like the Manor, but by terrifying blood drenched spectres, ghouls and a poltergeist.
- It was as if I were following a hidden specter or ghost.
- Only when memory is, like the narrator's in Kesey's novel, sufficiently dim, do the dead appear as specters and ghosts.
- In such a light, psychology would be the science of the double, of specters, and every photograph a double exposure.
- It was translucent and obviously a ghost or a close variation of a specter, bowing at the young scientist courteously.
- He believes the spectre is the ghost of Pte Crowley, of the 11th North Devonshire Regiment.
- Earlier I compared the apparition of specters in Observe the Sons of Ulster to sequences of reverance in Macbeth and Hamlet.
- In curing speech of specters and ghosts, analytical philosophy claims to cleanse the mind of a dreamy fondness for every sort of idealism, vitalism, Platonism, and transcendentalism.
- People love to be frightened by make-believe versions of the supernatural, such as ghost stories and vividly hideous specters that pop out of the dark.
- As more people got into the accusation game, the stories became more bizarre, with accusers claiming, for example, to have seen the specters of witches and witnessed their deeds.
- They both sensed the spectre's presence at the same time.
1. 1.1 Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence.
  似幽灵一样令人恐惧的事物
  the specter of nuclear holocaust
  核毁灭的恐怖。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Such a government is threatened at all times by the spectre of a vote of non-confidence, forcing an election or change of government.
  Overblown fears about social instability have created the spectre of the terrorist asylum seeker.
  Our world has changed; we must adjust our living habits as necessary to address the increased danger that the specter of terrorism brings.
  However, intensive care also raises the specter of treatment for treatment's sake and fears of a life prolonged needlessly by machines.
  Jamieson, a lawyer, raised the spectre of legal trouble for the assembly if chiefs were not allowed to vote.
  We would have a brighter future, not threatened by the specter of global warming.
  But a series of U.S. and Soviet hydrogen bomb tests reawakened public fears, this time focused on the specter of radioactive fallout.
  And with the creep of monetary inflation comes the specter of myriad inflationary effects, currency debasement, and progressive monetary disorder.
  In China, a huge surplus and high savings are raising the specter of inflation.
  Biological, chemical and nuclear threats have all figured large, as has the spectre of the suicide bomber or pilot.
  The spectre of fascism is not haunting Europe, reports Dominic Standish from Italy.
  It also raises the specter of a dangerous shift toward protectionism.
  The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 also greatly intensified middle-class fears of the spectre of the radical Left.
  The city transportation engineer offered these encouraging words at a preferred-parking hearing, in response to a questioner who had raised the specter of counterfeit parking permits.
  That was the Fed's first rate hike in four years, driven by growing evidence of a strengthening U.S. labour market and the spectre of new inflationary pressures.
  Lately she's been thinking a lot about selling her home to break free from debt, because she fears the specter of foreclosure every day.
  There is not a sport within the Olympic movement that does not have a cloud hanging over it in terms of the spectre of drug abuse.
  Again, the specter of counterparty risk becomes an issue.
  A final problem is the specter of human reproductive cloning - to which nearly all voters are opposed.
  The ease with which he could jump from a crisis of British farming to the spectre of biological warfare highlighted the salience of fear as a political resource today.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French spectre or Latin spectrum (see spectrum).

单词	spectre
释义	Definition of spectre in English: spectre (US specter) noun ˈspɛktəˈspɛktər 1A ghost. 鬼怪，幽灵 a dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life Example sentencesExamples The castle itself was haunted, and not just be family ghosts like the Manor, but by terrifying blood drenched spectres, ghouls and a poltergeist. I searched the entire throne room, expecting to find a specter or ghost pop out at any second, and my imagination slowly took over reason. A hunter of ghosts since his late teens, 35-year-old Taylor says interest in spooks, specters and other spiritual what-not is greater than ever. They both sensed the spectre's presence at the same time. Of course, this scary apparition is a specter much more often cited than sighted. When is the last time you played a ‘survival-horror’ game that featured specters, spirits, and ghosts as the main enemy? But the movie is mostly about people seeing ghost images on TVs, seeing specters and electronics turning themselves on and off. As more people got into the accusation game, the stories became more bizarre, with accusers claiming, for example, to have seen the specters of witches and witnessed their deeds. In such a light, psychology would be the science of the double, of specters, and every photograph a double exposure. In curing speech of specters and ghosts, analytical philosophy claims to cleanse the mind of a dreamy fondness for every sort of idealism, vitalism, Platonism, and transcendentalism. Earlier I compared the apparition of specters in Observe the Sons of Ulster to sequences of reverance in Macbeth and Hamlet. People love to be frightened by make-believe versions of the supernatural, such as ghost stories and vividly hideous specters that pop out of the dark. He believes the spectre is the ghost of Pte Crowley, of the 11th North Devonshire Regiment. The two men led us in silence, moving like two specters from something out of a ghost story. I didn't know why, but the invisible specter made his presence more felt. It was as if I were following a hidden specter or ghost. It was translucent and obviously a ghost or a close variation of a specter, bowing at the young scientist courteously. Only when memory is, like the narrator's in Kesey's novel, sufficiently dim, do the dead appear as specters and ghosts. The actress was forced to review her disbelief in ghosts when she saw a spectre at New York's Belasco Theater. The train, with its dim lights, stood there like a monster spectre in the dark. Synonyms ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence, illusion Scottish &amp Irish bodach German doppelgänger West Indian duppy informal spook literary phantasm, shade, revenant, wight rare eidolon, manes 1.1 Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence. 似幽灵一样令人恐惧的事物 the spectre of nuclear holocaust 核毁灭的恐怖。 Example sentencesExamples Our world has changed; we must adjust our living habits as necessary to address the increased danger that the specter of terrorism brings. A final problem is the specter of human reproductive cloning - to which nearly all voters are opposed. We would have a brighter future, not threatened by the specter of global warming. But a series of U.S. and Soviet hydrogen bomb tests reawakened public fears, this time focused on the specter of radioactive fallout. The spectre of fascism is not haunting Europe, reports Dominic Standish from Italy. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 also greatly intensified middle-class fears of the spectre of the radical Left. It also raises the specter of a dangerous shift toward protectionism. And with the creep of monetary inflation comes the specter of myriad inflationary effects, currency debasement, and progressive monetary disorder. Lately she's been thinking a lot about selling her home to break free from debt, because she fears the specter of foreclosure every day. Biological, chemical and nuclear threats have all figured large, as has the spectre of the suicide bomber or pilot. The ease with which he could jump from a crisis of British farming to the spectre of biological warfare highlighted the salience of fear as a political resource today. Overblown fears about social instability have created the spectre of the terrorist asylum seeker. Again, the specter of counterparty risk becomes an issue. Such a government is threatened at all times by the spectre of a vote of non-confidence, forcing an election or change of government. Jamieson, a lawyer, raised the spectre of legal trouble for the assembly if chiefs were not allowed to vote. That was the Fed's first rate hike in four years, driven by growing evidence of a strengthening U.S. labour market and the spectre of new inflationary pressures. There is not a sport within the Olympic movement that does not have a cloud hanging over it in terms of the spectre of drug abuse. In China, a huge surplus and high savings are raising the specter of inflation. The city transportation engineer offered these encouraging words at a preferred-parking hearing, in response to a questioner who had raised the specter of counterfeit parking permits. However, intensive care also raises the specter of treatment for treatment's sake and fears of a life prolonged needlessly by machines. Synonyms threat, menace, shadow, cloud, vision prospect danger, peril, fear, dread Origin Early 17th century: from French spectre or Latin spectrum (see spectrum). Definition of specter in US English: specter (British spectre) nounˈspektərˈspɛktər 1A ghost. 鬼怪，幽灵 Example sentencesExamples The actress was forced to review her disbelief in ghosts when she saw a spectre at New York's Belasco Theater. Of course, this scary apparition is a specter much more often cited than sighted. I searched the entire throne room, expecting to find a specter or ghost pop out at any second, and my imagination slowly took over reason. The train, with its dim lights, stood there like a monster spectre in the dark. But the movie is mostly about people seeing ghost images on TVs, seeing specters and electronics turning themselves on and off. When is the last time you played a ‘survival-horror’ game that featured specters, spirits, and ghosts as the main enemy? A hunter of ghosts since his late teens, 35-year-old Taylor says interest in spooks, specters and other spiritual what-not is greater than ever. I didn't know why, but the invisible specter made his presence more felt. The two men led us in silence, moving like two specters from something out of a ghost story. The castle itself was haunted, and not just be family ghosts like the Manor, but by terrifying blood drenched spectres, ghouls and a poltergeist. It was as if I were following a hidden specter or ghost. Only when memory is, like the narrator's in Kesey's novel, sufficiently dim, do the dead appear as specters and ghosts. In such a light, psychology would be the science of the double, of specters, and every photograph a double exposure. It was translucent and obviously a ghost or a close variation of a specter, bowing at the young scientist courteously. He believes the spectre is the ghost of Pte Crowley, of the 11th North Devonshire Regiment. Earlier I compared the apparition of specters in Observe the Sons of Ulster to sequences of reverance in Macbeth and Hamlet. In curing speech of specters and ghosts, analytical philosophy claims to cleanse the mind of a dreamy fondness for every sort of idealism, vitalism, Platonism, and transcendentalism. People love to be frightened by make-believe versions of the supernatural, such as ghost stories and vividly hideous specters that pop out of the dark. As more people got into the accusation game, the stories became more bizarre, with accusers claiming, for example, to have seen the specters of witches and witnessed their deeds. They both sensed the spectre's presence at the same time. 1.1 Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence. 似幽灵一样令人恐惧的事物 the specter of nuclear holocaust 核毁灭的恐怖。 Example sentencesExamples Such a government is threatened at all times by the spectre of a vote of non-confidence, forcing an election or change of government. Overblown fears about social instability have created the spectre of the terrorist asylum seeker. Our world has changed; we must adjust our living habits as necessary to address the increased danger that the specter of terrorism brings. However, intensive care also raises the specter of treatment for treatment's sake and fears of a life prolonged needlessly by machines. Jamieson, a lawyer, raised the spectre of legal trouble for the assembly if chiefs were not allowed to vote. We would have a brighter future, not threatened by the specter of global warming. But a series of U.S. and Soviet hydrogen bomb tests reawakened public fears, this time focused on the specter of radioactive fallout. And with the creep of monetary inflation comes the specter of myriad inflationary effects, currency debasement, and progressive monetary disorder. In China, a huge surplus and high savings are raising the specter of inflation. Biological, chemical and nuclear threats have all figured large, as has the spectre of the suicide bomber or pilot. The spectre of fascism is not haunting Europe, reports Dominic Standish from Italy. It also raises the specter of a dangerous shift toward protectionism. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 also greatly intensified middle-class fears of the spectre of the radical Left. The city transportation engineer offered these encouraging words at a preferred-parking hearing, in response to a questioner who had raised the specter of counterfeit parking permits. That was the Fed's first rate hike in four years, driven by growing evidence of a strengthening U.S. labour market and the spectre of new inflationary pressures. Lately she's been thinking a lot about selling her home to break free from debt, because she fears the specter of foreclosure every day. There is not a sport within the Olympic movement that does not have a cloud hanging over it in terms of the spectre of drug abuse. Again, the specter of counterparty risk becomes an issue. A final problem is the specter of human reproductive cloning - to which nearly all voters are opposed. The ease with which he could jump from a crisis of British farming to the spectre of biological warfare highlighted the salience of fear as a political resource today. Origin Early 17th century: from French spectre or Latin spectrum (see spectrum).
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