English abbreviation dictionary - spectre
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Spectre
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~ BrE specter AmE n 1 the spectre of something that people are afraid of because it may affect them soon (the spectre of unemployment) 2 literary a ghost ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(spectres) Note: in AM, use 'specter' 1. If you refer to the spectre of something unpleasant, you are referring to something that you are frightened might occur. Failure to arrive at a consensus over the issue raised the spectre of legal action... N-COUNT: usu the N of n 2. A spectre is a ghost. (LITERARY) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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n. (US specter) 1 a ghost. 2 a haunting presentiment or preoccupation (the spectre of war). 3 (in comb.) used in the names of some animals because of their thinness, transparency, etc. (spectre-bat; spectre-crab). Phrases and idioms Spectre of the Brocken a huge shadowy image of the observer projected on mists about a mountain-top (observed on the Brocken in Germany). Etymology: F spectre or L spectrum: see SPECTRUM ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. привидение, видение, призрак, фантом the spectre of Hamlet's father —- тень отца Гамлета to raise spectres —- вызывать духов he is a spectre of his former husky self —- от этого здоровяка осталась одна тень 2. предзнаменование, угроза the spectre of war —- угроза войны ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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