英 [ˌæpəˈrɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌæpəˈrɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 幽灵；幻影；鬼怪；离奇出现的东西
复数apparitions
apparition /ˌæpəˈrɪʃən/
可数名词 An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. 幽灵; 幻影
the appearance of a ghostlike figure
I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
鬼怪-引用次数：4
This special“root”consciousness can be seen in the black’s belief of apparition.
这种独特的“寻根”意识,具体体现为黑人民族对鬼怪等超自然现象的信仰。
(彗星、行星等隐没后的)初现；出现期
神奇的现象
...所知，记忆正是您著作中最关键的一个概念，而这个概念也和其他并不是那么“学术”的概念比如症状（symptom）、幽灵（apparition）等联系在一起。这种关联甚至可以延伸到您关于艺术史之“时代错乱”的看法。
... freak n. 怪物，奇事；adj. 反常的 apparition n. 幽灵；神奇的现象 haunt v. 鬼魂出没（神出鬼没，闹鬼）；常到；（事情）萦绕心头；n. 常去的地方 ...
... apocryphal出处可疑的;伪造的 apparition幻影,幽灵 appeal呼吁,恳求;上诉 ...
apparitional 幽灵般的
Before this awful apparition, I retreat in terror that is upon me as I write.
在这个可怕的幽灵出现之前，我在恐惧中退却，这种恐惧在我写作时伴随着我。
I am not precisely sure how long I stayed frozen in that position, but the next thing I recall is the apparition vanishing before my eyes.
我不能精准地确定我在那个位置上呆了多久，但我记得的下一件事就是那个幽灵在我眼前消失了。
This apparition grew to an old age, until he reached a maturity he could not improve on, and now he haunts the church in which his parents had married.
这个幽灵已到老年，直到他成熟到无法再前进的地步，现在他常出没在他父母结婚的教堂里。
As for the Angel, van Eyck has transformed this divine messenger into a magnificent apparition.
WSJ: Jan van Eyck | 'The Annunciation' | Old Subject, New Approach | Masterpiece | By Richard Cork
When he kisses Judy during the circling apparition of the tower in her bedroom, the rhythm twists into ambivalence.
Her run-in with the apparition took place when she was a young girl in bed with the chicken pox.