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单词 time travel
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Definition of time travel in English:

time travel

noun
mass noun
  • (in science fiction) travel through time into the past or the future.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then, as an old man, he decides to make his final trip back to the past and give the secret of time travel to his youthful self.
    • In fact, considerable evidence posits that time travel is impossible, he said.
    • A tale of time travel which covers the oyster bed disputes, it is a story of greed and struggle with modern parallels.
    • My answer is time travel as well; it seems like it would yield the most interesting results.
    • Since we have never seen a tourist from the future, time travel must be impossible.
    • You wouldn't think you could blend a love story with a seemingly accurate portrayal of time travel.
    • Crichton admits that this theory of time travel is only ‘my conjecture’ and that it is speculative.
    • I interacted with him a little when we were thinking about time travel in three dimensions.
    • Naturally the only reliable way to secure it will be through time travel.
    • The vets' intensity makes it difficult to say when and how this time travel into history will end.
    • And it is science fiction about time travel, so you need to keep your wits about you.
    • The chronological differences between past and present in time travel are marked.
    • Nigel Hanlon and Aidan Fox looked at the possibility of time travel.
    • I was just discussing a 70s Czech movie about time travel with a friend.
    • The programme put forward the usual theoretical evidence for mechanisms for time travel that are completely beyond our means.
    • However, this, too, does not really present a serious difficulty for the notion of time travel into the past.
    • Slumped in a Sydney taxi one morning, well after the witching hour, I listened to a grave sermon on time travel.
    • The plot is cleverly knowing: it involves time travel so everything can be solved by going into the past and anticipating it.
    • Mutant monsters and time travel are just part of Jim Cranwell's story, written especially for children.
    • We should emphasize that none of this work is directed at developing any practical means of time travel, even in the far future.
verb
[no object]
  • Travel through time into the past or the future.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The shop windows look as if one has time-travelled back to the 70s.
    • But based on recent evidence, there is as much chance of the Olympics time-travelling back to recapture the spirit of 776 BC as there is of the Faroe Islands winning gold in beach volleyball.
    • I may not have been with you when you would time-travel, but I was there with you every step in-between.
    • The book focuses on Henry, who time-travels, involuntarily and at times of stress.
    • That is not exactly something to please ancient Persian carpet weavers, if they could time travel here.

Derivatives

  • time traveller

  • noun
    • At the end of that book the time traveller returns to the future and the anonymous narrator is left to write the story.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If I was a time traveller I'd love to just wander about, unseen if possible so people continue about their daily business.
      • There's 1,000 years of history here and the volunteer park ranger becomes a time traveller when she escorts groups around the park.
      • He also made an imaginative leap in taking his time traveller into the far future, to witness the end of the world.
      • A Victorian time traveller would recognise the schools more than any other institution in this age.
 
 

Definition of time travel in US English:

time travel

nounˈtīm ˌtravəl
  • (in science fiction) the action of traveling through time into the past or the future.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Slumped in a Sydney taxi one morning, well after the witching hour, I listened to a grave sermon on time travel.
    • Then, as an old man, he decides to make his final trip back to the past and give the secret of time travel to his youthful self.
    • Naturally the only reliable way to secure it will be through time travel.
    • The chronological differences between past and present in time travel are marked.
    • In fact, considerable evidence posits that time travel is impossible, he said.
    • You wouldn't think you could blend a love story with a seemingly accurate portrayal of time travel.
    • My answer is time travel as well; it seems like it would yield the most interesting results.
    • However, this, too, does not really present a serious difficulty for the notion of time travel into the past.
    • Nigel Hanlon and Aidan Fox looked at the possibility of time travel.
    • I interacted with him a little when we were thinking about time travel in three dimensions.
    • The plot is cleverly knowing: it involves time travel so everything can be solved by going into the past and anticipating it.
    • A tale of time travel which covers the oyster bed disputes, it is a story of greed and struggle with modern parallels.
    • The programme put forward the usual theoretical evidence for mechanisms for time travel that are completely beyond our means.
    • The vets' intensity makes it difficult to say when and how this time travel into history will end.
    • And it is science fiction about time travel, so you need to keep your wits about you.
    • Crichton admits that this theory of time travel is only ‘my conjecture’ and that it is speculative.
    • Mutant monsters and time travel are just part of Jim Cranwell's story, written especially for children.
    • Since we have never seen a tourist from the future, time travel must be impossible.
    • I was just discussing a 70s Czech movie about time travel with a friend.
    • We should emphasize that none of this work is directed at developing any practical means of time travel, even in the far future.
verbˈtīm ˌtravəl
[no object]
  • Travel through time into the past or the future.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The book focuses on Henry, who time-travels, involuntarily and at times of stress.
    • But based on recent evidence, there is as much chance of the Olympics time-travelling back to recapture the spirit of 776 BC as there is of the Faroe Islands winning gold in beach volleyball.
    • The shop windows look as if one has time-travelled back to the 70s.
    • That is not exactly something to please ancient Persian carpet weavers, if they could time travel here.
    • I may not have been with you when you would time-travel, but I was there with you every step in-between.
 
 
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