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单词 cereology
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Definition of cereology in English:

cereology

nounˌsɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪˌsirēˈäləjē
mass noun
  • The study or investigation of crop circles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • China was among the last major nations to resist a phenomenon so intriguing it has spawned its own science - cereology - and survived the pranks of confessed circle-makers.
    • During the dark days from late 1992 to early 1994, when hoaxers and skeptics seemed almost-successful in proving that cereology was but a wild-goose chase for fools, Roland kept the Symposium going.
    • At least, such (more or less) is the array of experts who have collaborated to found the Centre for Crop Circles Studies and co-author The Crop Circle Enigma, the parents of cereology.
    • One that has grown from the super market tabloids to a science, cereology.
    • An entire field of study, cereology, sprouted up around this phenomenon, and a number of explanations were put forward.
    • The Grand Old Man of British cereology - Pat Delgado - has become tired of the phenomenon, as have many others.
    • Whether you are prefer devoting your time to UFO research and investigation, cryptozoology, demonology, cereology, are a practicing Wiccan or interested in feng shui and anything in between we hope to build the best available resource for your interests.
    • But there is a growing scientific discipline based around the study, known as cereology.
    • The eccentric Rockefeller - Laurence, that is - has financed further investigations, and now Mel Gibson has done his bit to revitalize cereology, suggesting aliens as the source of the phenomenon.
    • The phenomenon has spawned its own science: cereology.
    • You'll find parapsychology, cryptozoology, cereology, UFOlogy, and a bunch of other stuff too weird and borderline to have an ‘ology’ yet.
    • Working in the nascent research field known as cereology, a few scientists have spent many hours devising explanations that the circles come from late night tornados or shifting magnetic fields that ‘electrocute’ the crops.

Derivatives

  • cereologist

  • noun
    • By the end of the 1980s books on the crop circle phenomenon had begun to spring up as well, and soon circles-mystery enthusiasts were being dubbed cereologists (after Ceres, the Roman goddess of vegetation).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While the relationship between crop artists and cereologists is uneasy, the relationship between artists and farmers is mutually beneficial.
      • They call themselves cereologists, the motley collection of pseudo-scientists, paranormalists and unfulfilled naïfs who have suddenly been thrust into the spotlight by the new movie ‘Signs.’
      • Serious enthusiasts call themselves cereologists, after Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture.

Origin

1990s: from Ceres + -logy.

 
 

Definition of cereology in US English:

cereology

nounˌsirēˈäləjē
  • The study or investigation of crop circles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Working in the nascent research field known as cereology, a few scientists have spent many hours devising explanations that the circles come from late night tornados or shifting magnetic fields that ‘electrocute’ the crops.
    • Whether you are prefer devoting your time to UFO research and investigation, cryptozoology, demonology, cereology, are a practicing Wiccan or interested in feng shui and anything in between we hope to build the best available resource for your interests.
    • But there is a growing scientific discipline based around the study, known as cereology.
    • During the dark days from late 1992 to early 1994, when hoaxers and skeptics seemed almost-successful in proving that cereology was but a wild-goose chase for fools, Roland kept the Symposium going.
    • One that has grown from the super market tabloids to a science, cereology.
    • The Grand Old Man of British cereology - Pat Delgado - has become tired of the phenomenon, as have many others.
    • The eccentric Rockefeller - Laurence, that is - has financed further investigations, and now Mel Gibson has done his bit to revitalize cereology, suggesting aliens as the source of the phenomenon.
    • You'll find parapsychology, cryptozoology, cereology, UFOlogy, and a bunch of other stuff too weird and borderline to have an ‘ology’ yet.
    • At least, such (more or less) is the array of experts who have collaborated to found the Centre for Crop Circles Studies and co-author The Crop Circle Enigma, the parents of cereology.
    • An entire field of study, cereology, sprouted up around this phenomenon, and a number of explanations were put forward.
    • China was among the last major nations to resist a phenomenon so intriguing it has spawned its own science - cereology - and survived the pranks of confessed circle-makers.
    • The phenomenon has spawned its own science: cereology.

Origin

1990s: from Ceres + -logy.

 
 
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