English Dictionary

specter

/ˈspɛktɚ/

noun

A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.] / (figuratively) A threatening mental image. [from 18th c.]

I saw a specter floating in the old haunted house.

意味（1）

A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]

A specter haunted the cemetery at the old Vasquez manor.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A threatening mental image. [from 18th c.]

A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

意味（3）

(entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]