释义
[ mi-rak -yuh -luh s ] SHOW IPA
/ mɪˈræk yə ləs / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
of the nature of a miracle; marvelous.
having or seeming to have the power to work miracles: miraculous drugs.
Origin of miraculous 1400–50; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin mīrāculōsus, equivalent to Latin mīrācul(um) miracle + -ōsus -ous
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synonym study for miraculous 2 . Miraculous, preternatural, supernatural refer to that which seems to transcend the laws of nature. Miraculous refers to something that apparently contravenes known laws governing the universe: a miraculous success. Preternatural suggests the possession of supernormal qualities: Dogs have a preternatural sense of smell. It may also mean supernatural: Elves are preternatural beings. Supernatural suggests divine or superhuman properties: supernatural aid in battle.
OTHER WORDS FROM miraculous mi·rac·u·lous·ly, adverb mi·rac·u·lous·ness, noun hy·per·mi·rac·u·lous, adjective hy·per·mi·rac·u·lous·ly, adverb
hy·per·mi·rac·u·lous·ness, noun non·mi·rac·u·lous, adjective non·mi·rac·u·lous·ly, adverb non·mi·rac·u·lous·ness, noun pseu·do·mi·rac·u·lous, adjective pseu·do·mi·rac·u·lous·ly, adverb qua·si-mi·rac·u·lous, adjective qua·si-mi·rac·u·lous·ly, adverb un·mi·rac·u·lous, adjective un·mi·rac·u·lous·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for miraculous But a funny thing happened on the way to the funeral: a miraculous resurrection!
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A volunteer I spoke to at length, Julia Cohen, explained to me that the miraculous power of Amma is her intuitiveness.
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Its water was once supposed to be highly medicinal—in fact, miraculous .
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. Salmon
These are above our present definition of Nature, and therefore to us supernatural or miraculous .
Evolution | Joseph Le Conte
They believed in miracles and especially in the miraculous healing of diseases.
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. Brooks
But that a man should prefer bread to meat, and such meat as this, 'tis miraculous .'
By what miraculous instinct are they guided in these semi-annual migrations across half the globe?
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena | H. J. Mozans
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British Dictionary definitions for miraculous adjective of, like, or caused by a miracle; marvellous
surprising
having the power to work miracles
Derived forms of miraculous miraculously , adverb miraculousness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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