单词 | clairvoyant |
释义 | clairvoyant (once / 3263 pages) nadj If you can predict the future, you may want to keep your clairvoyant powers to yourself. Otherwise everyone will be knocking down your door asking for the next winning lotto numbers. A clairvoyant individual is believed to possess psychic abilities or a higher level of insight than other humans who can only use the regular old five senses. Through dreams, visions, Ouija boards and crystal balls, they can see what happens in the future. But before 1851, clairvoyant didn't have the same mystical meaning that it does today — it merely meant a “clear-sighted person.” WORD FAMILYclairvoyant: clairvoyance, clairvoyantly, clairvoyants+/clairvoyance: clairvoyances USAGE EXAMPLESThe lineup includes a conjurer, a charlatan, a couple of clairvoyants and the Grand Carlini. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) Prosecutors say the woman told the separate victims she was a clairvoyant. Washington Times(Oct 20, 2016) She claimed to be a clairvoyant, and then she delivered a dire warning. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) 1n someone who has the power of clairvoyance Hyper psychic a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception 2adj perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses Syn extrasensory, paranormal seemingly outside normal sensory channels 3adj foreseeing the future Syn precognitive, second-sighted prophetic, prophetical foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention |
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