| 释义 |
seance /ˈseɪɒns / /ˈseɪɒ̃s/ /ˈseɪɑːns/nounA meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.We should conduct a seance and attempt to contact the spirit of Eddie Daniels....- Each of those shows was quiet enough to be a seance, a failed attempt to make contact with a dead celebrity.
- Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell used to collect bats from slumping players, pile them on the clubhouse floor, and perform seances to awaken the dead wood.
Origin Late 18th century: French séance, from Old French seoir, from Latin sedere 'sit'. |