ghost (EN)

Nafnorð, sögn

Nafnorð “ghost”

1. draugur
   Skráðu þig til að sjá þýðingar á dæmasetningum og einmála skilgreiningar á hverju orði.

   At night, the children claimed they saw the ghost of a pirate wandering the beach.
2. örlítið brot (af einhverju)
   She felt a ghost of doubt as she signed the contract.
3. draugamynd
   The old TV had a ghost of the main picture, making it hard to watch the show.
4. einstaklingur sem skrifar bækur, greinar eða önnur texta fyrir einhvern annan sem er skráður sem höfundur
   The famous author hired a ghost to write her autobiography.
5. nafnlaus einstaklingur (án opinberra skráninga)
   The man was a ghost, with no birth certificate, no social security number, and no trace in any database.
6. í tölvuleikjum, persóna sem afritar nákvæmlega þær hreyfingar sem leikmaður gerði í fyrri leik
   In the racing game, I tried to beat my ghost from the last race, but it was too fast.

sögn “ghost”

1. að skrifa efni fyrir annan einstakling sem er formlega skráður sem höfundur
   She was hired to ghost the celebrity's autobiography, ensuring it sounded like it was written in his own voice.
2. hætta samskiptum (án útskýringa)
   After our last date, he completely ghosted me and never replied to my messages.
3. svífa (hægt og hljóðlega)
   The old sailboat ghosted silently across the calm sea, its sails barely fluttering.