wraith
/reɪθ/noun
1- a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death（尤指在人临死前或死后不久看到的）鬼, 幽灵。
1.1
- used in similes and metaphors to describe a pale, thin, or insubstantial person or thing用在明喻或隐喻中瘦得不成样子的人（或物）：
heart attacks had reduced his mother to a wraith.
心脏病不断发作使得他的母亲瘦得不成人形。
1.2
- poetic/literary a wisp or faint trace of something〈诗/文〉一缕淡淡的东西; 依稀可辨的东西：
a sea breeze was sending a grey wraith of smoke up the slopes.
海上清风拂过, 一缕淡淡的青烟从坡上升起。
派生词
wraithlike
adjective词源
early 16th cent. (originally Scots)： of unknown origin.