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 spec·ter /ˈspɛktɚ/
 幽靈,妖怪,恐怖的根源

 Spec·ter, Spec·tre  n.
 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
 The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend,
 With bold fanatic specters to rejoice.   --Dryden.
 2. Zool. (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect.
 Specter bat Zool., any phyllostome bat.
 Specter candle Zool., a belemnite.
 Specter shrimp Zool., a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.
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 specter
      n 1: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
           looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters
           from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith,
            spectre]
      2: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
         apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom,
          phantasm, phantasma, spectre]