| 单词 | to hear voices |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hear voices e. The voice of an invisible guiding or directing spirit, esp. one heard as a result of mental disturbance. Frequently in to hear voices.direct, spirit voice: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > a spiritual body > utterance of voice1579 direct voice1926 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 71 Sometimes he layed the terrour and feare of the goddes before their eyes, making them beleeue that he had seene straunge visions, or that he had heard voyces. 1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory i. vi. 314 Some of them that are near distraction, verily think that they hear voices, and see lights, and apparitions. 1690 tr. J. Le Clerc Five Lett. i. 13 They had Visions by Day or by Night; they heard Voices; or they were inwardly Inspired. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 27 I hope with out breach of Charity, that they View previous heard Voices that never spake, and saw Sights that never appear'd; but the Imagination of the People was really turn'd wayward and possess'd. 1743 C. Chauncy Seasonable Thoughts State of Relig. i. 86 Besides hearing Voices, it was no uncommon Thing with him to see Visions. 1847 Times 19 Nov. 5/5 She had heard him complain of ‘hearing voices in his head’. 1872 E. Eggleston End of World xxv. 168 Mrs. Anderson, true to her excitable temper, became fanatic—dreaming dreams, seeing visions, hearing voices, praying twenty times a day. 1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xv Joan must be judged a sane woman in spite of her voices because they never gave her any advice that might not have come to her from her mother wit. 1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath ii. 30 A voice come to me in the night... Me Mum used to 'ave voices. Told 'er all sort er things. 2005 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Jan. 38 In a trough of depression, Sutcliffe claims he began to hear the voices telling him to go on his mission. < as lemmas |
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