释义 |
psych or psyche /sīk/ (slang) transitive verb- To subject to psychoanalysis
- To work out (a problem, the intentions of another person, etc) psychologically (often with out)
- To defeat or intimidate by psychological means (sometimes with out)
- To get (oneself or another person) psychologically prepared for some challenge, ordeal, etc (usu with up)
- To stimulate (usu with up)
ORIGIN: psychological, psychoanalysis, etc psychˈ-up noun (slang) The act of psyching oneself or someone else up psyche1 /sīˈkē/ noun- The soul, spirit or mind
- The principle of mental and emotional life, conscious and unconscious
- A butterfly (obsolete)
- A cheval-glass
- (with cap) the personification of the soul, depicted as a young woman with butterfly wings, the beloved of Eros (Gr myth)
- (with cap) a genus of bombycid moths (the females wingless, sometimes legless)
- (with cap) one of the minor planets
ORIGIN: Gr psȳchē soul, butterfly, Psȳche Psyche psychophˈily noun (botany) Pollination by butterflies |