单词 | preternatural |
释义 | preternatural From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpreternaturalpre‧ter‧nat‧u‧ral /ˌpriːtəˈnætʃərəl◂ $ -tər-/ adjective formal1 UNUSUALbeyond what is usual or normal He felt possessed of a preternatural strength and fearlessness.2 MYSTERIOUSstrange, mysterious, and unnatural the preternatural green light —preternaturally adverb The town was preternaturally quiet.Examples from the Corpuspreternatural• The story emphasizes the heroine's preternatural beauty.• It loomed over him chuckling with preternatural malice.• As she sat there, she experienced a sense of what seemed to be preternatural power.• But I was one now, fused for a preternatural purpose.• a preternatural spiritOrigin preternatural (1500-1600) Medieval Latin praeternaturalis, from Latin praeter naturam “beyond nature” |
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