英语词汇“uncanny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

uncanny

/ʌnˈkani

adjective (uncannier, uncanniest)

Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way: an uncanny feeling that she was being watched...

Eriksson, charming, smooth and cerebral, has the uncanny ability to deflect most criticism.
Paul had this uncanny ability of making me want to hit him and laugh at the same time.
Some people seem to have an uncanny ability to grow personally regardless of their apparent setting.

Synonyms

eerie, unnatural, preternatural, supernatural, unearthly, other-worldly, unreal, ghostly, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish;

Scottish eldritch

informal creepy, spooky, freaky

British informal rum

North American informal bizarro

striking, remarkable, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, out of the way, unusual, exceptional, astounding, astonishing, incredible, conspicuous, noteworthy, notable, considerable, distinctive, arresting

Derivatives

uncanniness

/ʌnˈkanɪnəs/ noun ...

Making Christ into ‘our contemporary’ in this way literally spirits away all of Christ's uncanniness, his queerness.
But sepia-toned photos loomed out of the dark: gothic, gallows humor, uncanniness, and the cruelty of the unconscious and of history.
The article concludes with a discussion of the uncanniness of this re-emergent form of commodity fetishism.

Origin

Late 16th century (originally Scots in the sense 'relating to the occult, malicious'): from un-¹ 'not' + canny.

The Scots originally used uncanny, just as they did its positive equivalent canny, ‘shrewd, cautious’, ‘clever’ or ‘nice, pleasant’. Uncanny has always had overtones of the occult, and originally implied ‘malignant or malicious’, but during the 19th century the word left Scotland to develop its usual modern meaning ‘mysterious, weird, strange’.

单词	uncanny
释义	uncanny /ʌnˈkani / adjective (uncannier, uncanniest) Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way: an uncanny feeling that she was being watched... Eriksson, charming, smooth and cerebral, has the uncanny ability to deflect most criticism. Paul had this uncanny ability of making me want to hit him and laugh at the same time. Some people seem to have an uncanny ability to grow personally regardless of their apparent setting. Synonyms eerie, unnatural, preternatural, supernatural, unearthly, other-worldly, unreal, ghostly, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre, freakish; Scottish eldritch informal creepy, spooky, freaky British informal rum North American informal bizarro striking, remarkable, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, out of the way, unusual, exceptional, astounding, astonishing, incredible, conspicuous, noteworthy, notable, considerable, distinctive, arresting Derivatives uncanniness /ʌnˈkanɪnəs/ noun ... Making Christ into ‘our contemporary’ in this way literally spirits away all of Christ's uncanniness, his queerness. But sepia-toned photos loomed out of the dark: gothic, gallows humor, uncanniness, and the cruelty of the unconscious and of history. The article concludes with a discussion of the uncanniness of this re-emergent form of commodity fetishism. Origin Late 16th century (originally Scots in the sense 'relating to the occult, malicious'): from un-¹ 'not' + canny. The Scots originally used uncanny, just as they did its positive equivalent canny, ‘shrewd, cautious’, ‘clever’ or ‘nice, pleasant’. Uncanny has always had overtones of the occult, and originally implied ‘malignant or malicious’, but during the 19th century the word left Scotland to develop its usual modern meaning ‘mysterious, weird, strange’.
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