单词 | sixth sense |
释义 | sixth senseSEE SYNONYMS FOR sixth sense ON THESAURUS.COM nouna power of perception beyond the five senses; intuition: His sixth sense warned him to be cautious. Origin of sixth senseFirst recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby sixth sensesixth cranial nerve, sixth disease, sixth form, sixth-form college, sixth man, sixth sense, sixth venereal disease, sixth year, sixth-year molar, sixtieth, Sixtine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sixth sensesixth sense nounany supposed sense or means of perception, such as intuition or clairvoyance, other than the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with sixth sensesixth sense Keen intuition, as in She had a sixth sense that they would find it in the cellar. This term alludes to a sense in addition to the five physical senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. [c. 1800] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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