weird
adj.(形容词)weird.er,weird.est Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural.怪诞的,超自然的:怪诞的或超自然的,有关于怪诞的或超自然的,表明怪诞的或超自然的Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.奇怪的:有非常奇异的或不寻常的性质的;奇怪的Archaic Of or relating to fate or the Fates.【古语】 命运的或宿命的:命运的或宿命的,关于命运的或宿命的n.(名词)
Fate; destiny.命运;宿命One`s assigned lot or fortune, especially when evil.厄运:某人注定的运气或命运,尤指不吉祥的Often Weird Greek Mythology Roman Mythology One of the Fates. 常作 Weird 【希腊神话】 【罗马神话】 命运女神:命运三女神之一
来源:Middle English werde [fate, having power to control fate] 中古英语 werde [命运,有控制命运的权力的] from Old English wyrd [fate] * see wer- 2源自 古英语 wyrd [命运] *参见 wer- 2
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weird.ly
adv.(副词)weird.ness
n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>weird,eerie,uncanny,unearthly同义词>These adjectives refer to what is of a mysteriously strange, usually frightening nature.这些形容词用来指那些神秘地奇怪,通常令人恐惧的东西。 Weird may suggest the operation of supernatural influences,but it may also be applied to what is merely odd or unusual: Weird 可指超自然的影响因素的作用,但也可指那些仅仅是奇异的或不寻常的东西: 例句:.The person of the house gave a weird little laugh. (Charles Dickens). .房子里的人奇怪地笑了笑. (查尔斯·狄更斯)。
例句:.There is a weird power in a spoken word. (Joseph Conrad).Somethingeerie inspires inexplicable fear or uneasiness that seems to result from a sinister influence: .在所说的字词中有一种奇异的力量. (约瑟夫·康拉德)。Eerie 的东西可激起一种似乎因不吉利的影响而产生的无法解释的恐惧或不安:
例句:.At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold. (Robert Louis Stevenson). .在夜幕降临时,沼泽里的东西看起来阴森可怕而且古怪. (罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)。
Uncanny refers to what is unnatural and peculiarly unsettling: Uncanny 指不自然的、特异的、使不安的东西: 例句:.The queer stumps . . . had uncanny shapes, as of monstrous creatures, whose eyes seemed to peer out at you. (John Galsworthy).Somethingunearthly seems so strange and unnatural as to come from or belong to another world: .奇怪的树桩…有着神秘的形状,象是眼睛盯着你的大怪物. (约翰·高尔斯华绥)。Unearthly 的东西很奇怪、不自然,象是来自或属于另一个世界的:
例句:.He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din. (Henry Kingsley). .他可以听到杓鹬穿透一片嘈杂之声的奇怪叫声. (亨利·金斯利)
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