| 单词 | crystal-vision |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrystal-vision crystal-vision n. (a) a vision (vision n. 1a), esp. as seen whilst gazing into a crystal ball or another translucent medium; (b) = crystal-gazing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] scrying1587 crystallomancy1613 crystal-vision1829 crystal seeing1845 crystal-gazing1883 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > picture seen by crystal-vision1829 scry1898 1829 J. Dunlop Oliver Cromwell iii. 186 And so my dreams And crystal visions told that tend I must, And wait thro' tribulation my intent. 1889 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1888–9 5 486 Recent experiments in crystal-vision. 1921 G. C. Cook Spring i. 40 She..looks again for the vision in the spring... You seem to have had a crystal vision. That is not so uncommon, but—have you ever done any crystal-gazing? 1998 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 30 July e1 For all her crystal-vision musings and witchy-woman excesses, Nicks has always made a certain kind of sense. < as lemmas |
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