单词	surreal
释义	surrealsur‧real /səˈrɪəl/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINsurreal Origin: 1900-2000 surrealism Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Living on the commune turned out to be a surreal experience. The party was a surreal mix of punk rockers and men in business suits. The whole trial and the media circus surrounding it was surreal. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A really big wave is a surreal kind of experience. At Tegallalang the road passes through a surreal commercial landscape. But the images in these books are surreal. It was a surreal end to a surreal week. It was extraordinary, this scene, to Jessica - a surreal mixture of opulence and decay. Statues of angels, madonnas, saints and saviours cram the skyline, creating a surreal panoply of agony and ecstasy. The woozy aftermath of surgery can feel equally surreal. To his right was a children's playground, a surreal landscape of climbing frames and unmoving swings. Thesaurus THESAURUSvery strange► weird very strange or very different from what you are used to: · I had a weird dream last night.· It’s a weird and wonderful place. ► bizarre extremely strange and different from what is usually considered normal: · It was a bizarre situation.· Mark’s behaviour was really bizarre. ► surreal extremely strange and unconnected with real life or normal experiences, like something out of a dream: · His paintings are full of surreal images.· There is something surreal about the climate change talks in Bali.· The plant’s flowers were so big that they seemed almost surreal ► uncanny very strange – used especially about someone having an unusual ability to do something, or looking surprisingly similar to someone: · She had an uncanny knack (=ability) of putting her finger right on a problem.· Alice had an uncanny resemblance to Josie.· his uncanny ability to pick racing winners Longman Language Activatorstrange situations, experiences, smells, tastes etc► strange very different from what you expect or from what usually happens, in a way that makes you feel a little frightened or surprised: · A strange noise woke her up.· I had a strange feeling that I'd been there before.· Amanda's eyes glowed in a strange way, like a cat's.· He seemed to know lots of things about me, but the strange thing is I didn't even tell him my name.it is strange that: · It's strange that you've never met him - he lives in your street. ► funny also odd especially British something funny or odd is a little strange and it makes you feel slightly worried or surprised because you cannot explain it or you do not know what it is: · There's a funny smell coming from the fridge.· Thumps and laughter and odd noises were coming out of the living room.it is funny/odd that: · It seems odd that no one noticed him coming in.· It's funny that he managed to hit the ball because he never hits it in practice.that's funny/that's odd spoken: · "Your keys aren't here." "That's funny - I'm sure I left them on the table." ► peculiar strange and slightly unpleasant: · This meat tastes peculiar.· I've been having very peculiar dreams the past few weeks.· I heard a peculiar warbling from the living room. ► mysterious use this about something that people know very little about and that is difficult to explain or understand: · No one could offer an explanation for his mysterious disappearance.· I kept getting mysterious phone calls where the caller would hang up as soon as I answered.under mysterious circumstances: · Two weeks later, the shop burned to the ground under mysterious circumstances. ► weird a weird experience, feeling, sight, or sound is strange and very different from what you are used to: · She only had lipstick on her bottom lip which looked pretty weird.· It's a weird feeling to go back to a place that you lived in a long time ago. ► bizarre extremely strange, and very different from what is generally considered to be normal, especially in a frightening or slightly worrying way: · Woods disappeared in very bizarre circumstances, and no trace of him has ever been found.· It was bizarre - if we took longer than five minutes in the bathroom, we had to explain why to our manager. ► eerie strange and frightening: · An eerie howl filled the cave.· I had the eerie feeling that somebody was watching me.· The pumps were shut off now. It was eerie, being in the factory without their sound. ► surreal extremely strange, because nothing seems connected with real life or normal experiences, and things happen or appear together that do not belong together: · Living on the commune turned out to be a surreal experience.· The whole trial and the media circus surrounding it was surreal. ► curious strange and surprising but interesting, so that you want to know more about it: · Life in the village was a curious combination of the old and the very new.· He had come to some curious arrangement with his landlady. ► ironic an ironic situation seems strange and amusing, because something happens that you would not expect at all: · Her car was stolen from outside the police station, which is pretty ironic.· One of the study's ironic discoveries is that TV trials educate the public about the justice system better than actual trials.it is ironic that: · It's ironic that professional athletes are often such unhealthy people. a situation or experience that is surreal is very strange and difficult to understand, like something from a dream:  The house was a surreal mixture of opulence and decay.► see thesaurus at strange
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