名詞 apparition:

1. a ghostly appearing figure
   同義詞：phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
2. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
3. something existing in perception only
   同義詞：phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
4. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

1. An apparition of a living person that appears as a portent just before that person's death.
   靈魂出竅，亡魂顯現(xiàn)活著的人在其臨死前出現(xiàn)的作為預(yù)兆的鬼魂
2. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition.
   幻影，幽靈明顯可見但沒有物質(zhì)的實(shí)體; 幻影或幽靈
3. You look as though you've seen an apparition.
   你好象撞見了鬼似的。
4. He saw the apparition of his dead wife.
   他看見了亡妻的幽靈。

ap.pa.ri.tion

n.（名詞）
A ghostly figure; a specter.
幽靈；幻影
A sudden or unusual sight.
突然景象，特異景象
The act of appearing; appearance.
出現(xiàn)，顯形：出現(xiàn)的行為；露面

來源：
Middle English apparicioun
中古英語 apparicioun
from Old French apparition
源自 古法語 apparition
from Late Latin app3ritiô app3ritiôn- [an appearance]
源自 后期拉丁語 app3ritiô app3ritiôn- [出現(xiàn)]
from Latin app3ritus [past participle of] app3rôre [to appear] * see appear
源自 拉丁語 app3ritus [] app3rôre的過去分詞 [出現(xiàn)] *參見 appear

【引伸】
ap.pari.tional
adj.（形容詞）