单词 | hallucinate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | hallucinatehal‧lu‧ci‧nate /həˈluːsəneɪt/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINhallucinate Verb TableOrigin: 1800-1900 Latin past participle of hallucinari ‘to dream’VERB TABLE hallucinate
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THESAURUS► imagine to see or hear things that are not really there to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like: · When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.· I can’t really imagine being a millionaire. ► visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future: · Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.· The finished house may be hard to visualize. ► picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind: · I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.· The town was just how she had pictured it from his description. ► envisage especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future: · How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?· They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient. ► conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine: · For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it. ► fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen: · I used to fantasize about becoming a film star. ► daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing: · Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question. ► hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs: · The drug can cause some people to hallucinate.· When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating. Longman Language Activatorto wrongly think that something is happening► imagine to wrongly think that you can see or hear something when it is not really happening: imagine (that): · When I was a child I would lie awake imagining that there were monsters in the dark corners of my room.· Mary was always imagining that people were talking about her behind her back.I/you/he etc must be imagining things: · "I'm sure I saw Brian in the park today.'' "No, you must be imagining things. Brian hasn't lived here for nearly fifteen years.'' ► be seeing things especially spoken say this when you or someone else has imagined something that cannot be real: I/you/he etc must be seeing things: · "Did that man just wave at me?'' "Of course not, you must be seeing things.'' ► be in the mind/be in your mind if something is in the mind or in your mind , you are imagining it and it does not really exist: all in the mind: · I don't think Martin is really ill -- it's all in the mind.all in your mind: · No-one is trying to kill you. It's all in your mind. ► hallucinate if someone who is ill or has taken drugs hallucinates , they believe that they can see things that are not really there: · After two days without food and water, Voss began to hallucinate. ► figment of your imagination something that does not really exist and that you were just imagining: · Sceptics will tell you that there is no such thing as reincarnation and that living a previous life is a figment of the subject's imagination. WORD SETS► Psychology/Psychiatryagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, noun-aholic, suffixanalyse, verbanalysis, nounanalyst, nounanorexia, nounantidepressant, nounautism, nounbattle fatigue, nounbehaviourism, nounbreakdown, nounbulimia, nouncatharsis, nouncertify, verbclaustrophobia, nouncognition, nouncognitive, adjectivecomplex, nouncompulsive, adjectivecounsel, verbcounselling, nouncrazed, adjectivecrazy, adjectivedefence mechanism, noundelusion, noundemented, adjectivedementia, noundenial, noundepressed, adjectivedepression, noundepressive, adjectivedepressive, nounderanged, adjectivediminished responsibility, noundipsomaniac, noundisordered, adjectivedisturbance, noundysfunctional, adjectiveeating disorder, nouneccentricity, nounego, nounelectric shock therapy, nounemotional, adjectiveexhibitionism, nounextra-sensory perception, nounfixation, nounFreudian, adjectiveFreudian slip, noungroup therapy, nounhallucinate, verbhydrophobia, nounhypnosis, nounhypnotic, adjectivehypnotise, verbhypnotist, nounhypnotize, verbid, nouninferiority complex, nouninsane, adjectiveinsanity, nounkleptomania, nounkleptomaniac, nounlibido, nounlinear, adjectivemaladjusted, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmanic depressive, nounmental, adjectivemental age, nounmental hospital, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemidlife crisis, nounmisogynist, nounmixed up, adjectivenerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectiveobsessive, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounpadded cell, nounparanoia, nounparanoid, adjectivepathological, adjectivepathology, nounpatterning, nounphallic, adjectivephobia, noun-phobia, suffixphrenology, nounpost-traumatic stress disorder, nounprecognition, nounpsyche, nounpsychiatric, adjectivepsychiatrist, nounpsychiatry, nounpsychic, adjectivepsycho, nounpsycho-, prefixpsychoanalysis, nounpsychoanalyst, nounpsychoanalyze, verbpsychobabble, nounpsychodrama, nounpsychokinesis, nounpsychological, adjectivepsychologist, nounpsychology, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotherapy, nounpsychotic, adjectivepyromaniac, nounrepression, nounresidential treatment facility, nounRorschach test, nounsadism, nounsadist, nounsafety valve, nounsanity, nounscar, nounscar, verbschizoid, adjectiveschizophrenia, nounschizophrenic, adjectiveschizophrenic, nounscrewed up, adjectivesocialize, verbsociopath, nounsplit personality, nounsubconscious, adjectivesubconscious, nounsuggestion, nounsuperego, nountherapy, nountorment, nountrance, nountrauma, nounvoyeur, nounwell-adjusted, adjective ► see thesaurus at imagine |
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