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。
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)
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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。
〈诗/文〉 一缕淡淡的东西;依稀可辨的东西
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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。
" early 16th cent. (originally Scots): of unknown origin."