| 单词 | planchette |
| 释义 | planchette (once / 33294 pages) n Planchette is small triangular board used in automatic writing, a phenomenon associated with spiritualism. Although planchettes today are most commonly associated with the three-legged plastic moving window that comes with Ouija boards, the original devices predate the Ouija and included a pencil in place of one of the legs. Anyone from a psychic medium to curious parlor game player would then lay their fingertips atop the board, and the pencil would move, seemingly without any direction from the user, writing out answers to questions asked aloud. The word came into English in 1860 as the name of this device. In French, planchette means "little plank." WORD FAMILYplanchette: planchettes USAGE EXAMPLESWhen she asked what they should call it, the planchette spelled out “Ouija”, which the board told her meant “good luck”. The Guardian(Oct 30, 2016) I mean, our hands moved the planchette in a way that felt like the planchette was moving our hands. New York Times(Aug 29, 2016) I’ve been taught by the same teacher whose “hands hover above the cards, as if guiding a planchette over a Ouija board.” Washington Post(May 02, 2016) n a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages Hyper board a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose |
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