uncanny

英 [ʌn'kæni] 美 [ʌn'kæni]

• adj. 神秘的；不可思议的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;

   "an eldritch screech"
   "the three weird sisters"
   "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"
   "an unearthly light"
   "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"
   

2. surpassing the ordinary or normal;

   "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"
   "his uncanny sense of direction"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The silence was uncanny.
   静得出奇。
2. I had an uncanny feeling of being watched.
   我有一种奇怪的感觉，好像有人监视我。
3. His powers of observation were uncanny.
   他的观察能力非常惊人。
4. The similarity between the two is uncanny.
   这两者之间有着不可思议的相似性。

经典引文

• Stephen had such uncanny powers of sympathy.

  出自： N. Annan

• The quiet was uncanny; water running in a gutter..but no cars, no voices.

  出自： M. Ignatieff

近反义词

【近义词】

• weird 离奇的
• strange 奇怪的
• eerie 怪诞的
• mysterious 神秘的
• unearthly 怪异的
• creepy (使人)毛骨悚然的...
• queer 古怪的
• supernatural 超自然的
• eldritch 怪异的
• preternatural 异常的