名词

1. 鬼魂；幽灵
    A phantom is a ghost.

2. 幻觉的；幻象的
    You use phantom to describe something which you think you experience but which is not real.

3. （尤指罪犯）身份不明的
    Phantom can refer to something that is done by an unknown person, especially something criminal.

4. 有名无实的；虚假骗人的
    Phantom is used to describe business organizations, agreements, or goods which do not really exist, but which someone pretends do exist in order to cheat people.

1. something existing in perception only

    e.g. a ghostly apparition at midnight

    Synonym: apparitionphantasmphantasmafantasmshadow

2. a ghostly appearing figure

    e.g. we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us

    Synonym: apparitionphantasmphantasmafantasmspecterspectre