| 单词 | crystal ball |
| 释义 | crystal ballSEE SYNONYMS FOR crystal ball ON THESAURUS.COM nouna ball of clear crystal, glass, or the like, used in crystal gazing. a method or means of predicting the future. Origin of crystal ballFirst recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby crystal ballcryptozoology, Cryptozoon, cryptozygous, cryst., crystal, crystal ball, crystal class, crystal-clear, crystal counter, crystal detector, crystal form Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for crystal ballcrystal ball nounthe glass globe used in crystal gazing 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 Idioms and Phrases with crystal ballcrystal ball A means of predicting the future, as in So what does your crystal ball say about the coming election? The term is a figurative use of the crystal or glass ball used by fortune-tellers. [c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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