| 单词 | crystal ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrystal ball crystal ball n. a solid sphere of polished crystal (sense A. 2a); esp. such a sphere or (in later use) one made of glass, used by fortune-tellers and clairvoyants for crystal-gazing; (figurative) intuition or any other means of predicting what will happen in the future. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > object used in crystal stonea1387 crystala1400 crystal ball?a1513 prospective glassa1584 prospective stonea1584 show-stone1583 prospective1604 seeing-stone1680 ink-mirror1905 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 85 Bricht ball cristall, ros virginall, Fulfillit of angell fude. 1628 Briefe Descr. Notorious Life Iohn Lambe 6 Doctor Lambe..left his christall ball vpon a table; a gentleman called Mr. Anthony Birch tooke vp the same, and the shape of a hand appeared in it. 1725 E. Howard Misc. Prose & Verse 105 Clarissa and Olympia, were tossing a Crystall-Ball from one to the other. 1834 W. J. Thoms Lays & Legends Germany xlv. 258 She began, amidst extraordinary contortions, to murmur something to herself; and..took up..the Crystal Ball, called the maiden and her companion to her..and bade them look into it. 1893 T. B. Harbottle tr. Baron J. de Baye Industr. Arts Anglo-Saxons 79 The oldest mention of crystal balls coming from Anglo-Saxon graves is in Douglas, who attempts to prove that they were used for occult purposes. 1968 G. Butler Coffin Following i. 7 In the crystal ball the old woman could see it. 2001 Farm Industry News Mar. 66/3 The crystal ball indicates that's where we'll be going. < as lemmas |
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