psychedelic

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a. 引起幻觉的, 荧光的 n. 迷幻剂

发音

UK /ˈsaɪ.kəˌdɛl.ɪk/
AU
UK /ˈsaɪ.kɪˌdɛl.ɪk/

词形变化

psychedelics 复数 psychedelics more psychedelic 比较级 most psychedelic 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.

    迷幻

  2. 2.

    Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.

  3. 3.

    Awesome, cool, groovy.

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近义相关 5

colorful agitated colourful psychotropic psychoactive

相关短语

psychedelic circus psychedelic crisis psychedelic crises psychedelic rock 迷幻摇滚 psychedelic soul psychedelic circuses psychedelic folk psychedelic frogfish psychedelic frogfishes psychedelic mushroom psychedelic mushrooms psych folk

词源

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, soul”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “manifest, visible”) + English -ic (prefix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’), coined by the English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond (1917–2004) in a 1956 letter to Aldous Huxley.

来源：wiktionary