ghost
要点幽霊
意味
- 幽霊,亡霊,死者の霊
- (…の)ほんのわずか《+of+名》
- (…の)幻,面影《+of+名》
- =ghost writer
- (テレビの画面の)ゴースト
- =ghostwrite
例文
She stood transfixed as if she had seen a ghost.
幽霊でも見たかのように、彼女は茫然と立っていた。
It is believed that ghosts exist in this forest.
この森には、幽霊がいると信じられている。
Sure enough, the ghost appeared on the balcony.
案の定、幽霊はバルコニーに現れた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is derived from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, gǣst (“breath, spirit, soul, ghost”) (compare modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysdos, from *ǵʰéysd- (“anger, agitation”). The h in the spelling appears in the Prologue to William Caxton’s Royal Book, printed in 1484, in a reference to the “Holy Ghoost”. It was likely influenced by Middle Dutch gheest, a common variant of geest. Both Caxton and his assistant Wynkyn de Worde had connections to the Low Countries. Doublet of geist. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. The verb gained prominence in the 2010s.