| 单词 | hallucinate |
| 释义 | hallucinate (once / 1916 pages) v To hallucinate is to see or hear something that's not really there. If you hallucinate, it's a bit like dreaming while being awake. When someone hallucinates, what they're perceiving seems very real and vivid, although it's not. Many different things can cause a person to hallucinate, including drugs, mental illness, damage to the brain, and even lack of adequate sleep. Some people hallucinate regularly, if mildly, just as they're falling asleep at night. The original meaning of hallucinate was "deceive," from the Latin hallucinatus, "wander in the mind." WORD FAMILYhallucinate: hallucinated, hallucinates, hallucinating, hallucination, hallucinatory+/hallucination: hallucinations/hallucinatory: hallucinatorily USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Sherlock is hallucinating in “The Abominable Bride,” an imagined Moriarty calls himself the virus in the hard drive that is Sherlock’s mind. Time(Dec 25, 2016) He said he was hallucinating, thinking there was black rain falling from the sky. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) That entire night, “I kept hallucinating more snakes,” he says. Science Magazine(Nov 23, 2016) v perceive what is not there; have illusions Hyper comprehend, perceive to become aware of through the senses |
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