Uncanny
[ ʌn'kæni ]
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adj. 神秘的;可怕的;怪异的;危险的;
💡 词根助记
un不+canny见识广博的→离奇的
📝 例句
She has an uncanny sense of what others feel.
她具有察觉他人心思的异常敏锐的感觉。
an uncanny ability to foresee the future
预见未来的神奇本领
An uncanny light seemed to be coming from the castle.
一道神秘的光像是从古堡中射出的。
He seemed to have an instinct about the cards. It was uncanny.
他好象对牌有一种本能似的，简直神了。
She impressed me as so uncanny and fateful.
她给我的印象是那样的神秘怪异，那样的未卜先知。
🌱 联想助记
【记】谐音“昂揩泥”:揩油泥得到的地沟油再以昂贵的价格出售给饭店真是不可思议的
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
uncanny
adj
(-ier, -iest)
(a) unnatural 异乎寻常的
The silence was uncanny. 静得出奇.
I had an uncanny feeling of being watched. 我有一种奇怪的感觉, 好像有人监视我.
(b) beyond what is normal or expected; extraordinary 超常的; 出乎意料的; 非凡的
an uncanny coincidence, resemblance, etc 意料不到的巧合、 相似等.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,ʌn'kæni]a. 怪诞的, 可怕的, 离奇的, 神秘的
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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and this is an important decision we have to make.
这又是我们必须做的一个重大决定。
Thank you for taking me home.
谢谢你送我回家。
Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.
藏书使教育成为可能，而教育反过来又丰富了藏书，因为知识的增长遵循着一种“滚雪球”的规律。印刷术的发明又大大提高了知识增长的速度。