| 释义 |
Ouija|ˈwiːdʒa|
[f. F. oui yes + G. ja yes.]
A proprietary name for a board having the letters of the alphabet and other signs used for obtaining messages and answers in spiritualistic séances and in the practice of telepathy. Also (with lower-case initial) applied generally to spiritualistic spelling devices. Also ouija-board.
1891Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Feb. 510/2 Toys known as Talking Boards.—Kennard Novelty Company, Baltimore, Md... Used since July 1, 1890. The word ‘Ouija’. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. 236/2 Ouija, or Egyptian Luck Board. 1895I. M. Rittenhouse Maud (1939) 590 Once or twice he had referred to something a Ouija-board in Chicago had said, and how it had spelled my name in full. 1904Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 195 The various alphabet-using forms of amateur mediumship, such as table tipping, the ‘Ouija-board’, and certain other devices for making our muscles leaky. 1909H. Carrington Physical Phenom. Spiritualism 67 The phenomena of table-tipping, of ouija and planchette writing. 1922O. Lodge Raymond Revised 45 By the use of instruments known as ‘planchette’ and ‘ouija’, often employed by beginners. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Dec. 1036/4 When receiving communications Ingeborg..is all the while writing, or moving swiftly with the pointer of the ouija board. 1944Auden For Time Being (1945) 114, I have prohibited the sale of crystals and ouija-boards. 1949Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 20 Sept. 638/2 William Fuld, Baltimore, Md. Ouija..for Gameboard, utilizing a Planchette and sometimes known as a Talking Board. Claims use since July 1, 1890. 1968Trade Marks Jrnl. 22 May 835/2 Ouija... Board games, being parlour games providing answers to questions. Parker Brothers, Inc. (a Corporation organised and existing under the laws of the State of Maine, United States of America), 190, Bridge Street, Salem, State of Massachusetts, United States of America; Manufacturers. 1968Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 20/6 A television advertising campaign to promote Ouijas as games at Christmas. 1973Listener 20 Sept. 386/2 Professor [John] Taylor's schedule of talks to a medium, a ouija-board operator, a scientist and a hard-line theologian. 1974Sci. Amer. Jan. 108/1 Tens of thousands of young people in the U.S. (particularly in California), caught up in the current occult explosion and eager to know more about Eastern mysticism and early Chinese history, are now consulting the I Ching as seriously as they consult the Ouija board or the tarot cards. |