verb🔗Share出没, 显灵 To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition."The old house was said to ghost the neighborhood at night, appearing as shadowy figures in the windows. "据说那栋老房子晚上会在附近一带出没，窗户里会显现出模糊的身影。supernaturalmythologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share去世，逝世 To die; to expire."The old oak tree in our backyard finally ghosted last summer after the long drought. "去年夏天，我们后院的那棵老橡树在经历长期干旱后，最终去世了。beingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share代笔, 捉刀 To ghostwrite."The celebrity hired a writer to ghostwrite her autobiography. "这位名人雇了一位作家来为她代笔撰写自传。writingcommunicationjobwordinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share顺风驶帆，无风自动 To sail seemingly without wind."The small sailboat was ghosting across the lake, moving almost imperceptibly despite the seemingly calm conditions. "那艘小帆船正在湖面上顺风驶帆，无风自动，虽然看起来风平浪静，但它几乎难以察觉地移动着。nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share克隆，复制. To copy a file or hard drive image."The IT technician is ghosting the old computers' hard drives onto new ones to quickly set them up for the new employees. "信息技术员正在把旧电脑的硬盘克隆到新电脑上，以便快速地为新员工设置好电脑。computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share变灰，使其无法使用。 To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable."The software is ghosting the "Submit" button until you fill in all the required fields. "软件会把“提交”按钮变灰，在你填写完所有必填项之前，它都是无法使用的。technologycomputinginternetsignalcommunicationelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share抢注，顶号. To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname."Someone was using my nickname, so I had to ghost them to reclaim it on IRC. "有人用了我的昵称，所以我不得不把对方顶号，才能在IRC上重新用回我的昵称。computinginternetcommunicationtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share消失得无影无踪， 突然消失. To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip."The cat was sleeping peacefully, then ghosting out of the room when she heard the vacuum cleaner start. "猫原本安静地睡着，一听到吸尘器启动，就立刻消失得无影无踪，溜出了房间。communicationinternettechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share干掉, 杀死。 To kill."He failed to water the plant regularly, effectively ghosting it and causing it to die. "他没有定期给植物浇水，实际上是干掉了它，导致它死亡。actioninhumanwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share消失，玩消失，断联 To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting."After their first date, she thought things went well, but he ghosted her and never replied to her texts. "第一次约会后，她觉得一切进展顺利，但他却玩消失，再也没回她的短信。communicationinternetsocietyactionemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share暗藏囚犯，藏匿囚犯 The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors."The report accused the prison officials of ghosting, alleging they moved inmates to unlisted locations whenever international observers arrived for inspections. "报告指责监狱官员进行暗藏囚犯的行为，声称每当国际观察员前来视察时，他们都会将囚犯转移到未登记的地点。governmentmilitarypoliceactioninhumanwarlaworganizationhistorystateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share重影，鬼影。 The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception."The old television's ghosting made it hard to see the football game clearly, as there were faint, blurry outlines around the players. "老电视机的重影很严重，导致足球比赛画面模糊不清，球员周围都有一圈淡淡的、虚化的轮廓。technologyelectronicsmediasignalappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鬼影成像 Ghost imaging."The scientists were excited to see clear "ghosting" in the new quantum imaging experiment, proving the entanglement of the photons. "科学家们很高兴在新量子成像实验中看到了清晰的“鬼影成像”，这证明了光子的纠缠。technologycomputingtechnicalmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share冒名顶替死者身份，盗用亡者身份。 A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased."The elderly woman claimed her neighbor's recent rise to local political prominence was achieved through ghosting: she suspected he'd stolen the identity of a deceased, unknown local historian. "那位老妇人声称她的邻居最近在当地政坛崭露头角是冒名顶替的结果：她怀疑他盗用了当地一位默默无闻的已故历史学家的身份。internettechnologypersonsocietyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share键位冲突，幽灵键位。 A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed."During the fast-paced video game, I experienced frustrating ghosting on my keyboard, where pressing "A" and "W" together also made my character randomly jump. "在快节奏的电玩游戏中，我的键盘出现了令人沮丧的键位冲突，当我同时按下“A”和“W”键时，我的角色还会随机跳跃，这根本不是我按的键。computingelectronicstechnicaldevicemachinetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share突然断联，消失不见 A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation."After a few dates, her ghosting was a clear sign he wasn't interested in continuing the relationship. "约会了几次后，她突然的断联消失很明显地表明了他对继续交往没有兴趣。communicationsocietyactioninternethumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share透写，鬼影现象。 The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side."The notebook's thin paper resulted in noticeable ghosting, making it hard to read the notes on the reverse side. "这本笔记本的纸太薄了，导致**透写（鬼影现象）**非常明显，很难看清背面写的笔记。writingstationeryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
