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ghost (EN)
podstatné meno, sloveso

podstatné meno “ghost”

singulár ghost, plurál ghosts alebo nepočítateľné
  1. duch
    At night, the children claimed they saw the ghost of a pirate wandering the beach.
  2. náznak
    She felt a ghost of doubt as she signed the contract.
  3. duch (na obrazovke)
    The old TV had a ghost of the main picture, making it hard to watch the show.
  4. osoba, ktorá píše knihy, články alebo iné texty pre niekoho iného, kto je uvedený ako autor
    The famous author hired a ghost to write her autobiography.
  5. neznáma osoba (bez záznamov)
    The man was a ghost, with no birth certificate, no social security number, and no trace in any database.
  6. v videohrách postava, ktorá kopíruje presné pohyby hráča z predchádzajúcej hry
    In the racing game, I tried to beat my ghost from the last race, but it was too fast.

sloveso “ghost”

infinitív ghost; on ghosts; min. čas ghosted; min. príč. ghosted; ger. ghosting
  1. písať materiál pre inú osobu, ktorá je oficiálne uvedená ako autor
    She was hired to ghost the celebrity's autobiography, ensuring it sounded like it was written in his own voice.
  2. prestať komunikovať (bez vysvetlenia)
    After our last date, he completely ghosted me and never replied to my messages.
  3. plaviť sa ticho (ako duch)
    The old sailboat ghosted silently across the calm sea, its sails barely fluttering.