uncanny

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a. 怪诞的, 可怕的, 离奇的, 神秘的

发音

US /ʌnˈkæni/

词形变化

uncannier 比较级 uncannier uncanniest uncanniest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

神秘的；离奇的；可怕的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.

    医学 心理学
adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

    诡异

    He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.

  2. 2.

    Careless.

    英国 方言

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

weird unearthly eldritch preternatural

近义相关 2

extraordinary supernatural

相关短语

uncanny valley 恐怖谷 uncanny valleys

词源

From un- + canny; thus “beyond one's ken,” or outside one's familiar knowledge or perceptions. Compare Middle English unkanne (“unknown”). In the noun sense a translation of Sigmund Freud's usage of German unheimlich (Das Unheimliche, 1919).

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