释义 |
apport /əˈpɔːt /nounA material object produced supposedly by occult means, especially at a seance.Supposedly materialized or teleported gifts from the spirits, apports appear at some seances under varying conditions-sometimes tumbling out of a spirit trumpet, for example....- At the latter dark-room seance, I received an ‘apport,’ an object supposedly transported from the spirit realm.
- He featured the production of apports, the floating-trumpet-with-spirit-voices feat, and something called ‘spirit precipitations on silk.’
Origin Late 19th century: from French apport 'something brought', from apporter 'bring to'. Rhymes abort, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought |